DETROIT IN MOTION · THE MOTOR CITY

AUTOMOBILES & ROADS.

Detroit did not simply manufacture automobiles; the automobile changed the physical and social scale of the city. This room connects car ownership, roads, parking, traffic, police mobility, commercial corridors, and suburban reach.

RESEARCH LENS

Reading the automobile city

How automobile travel changed distance and accessibility
Traffic, parking, garages, service stations, and roadside businesses
Police vehicles and investigative mobility
Auto theft and automobile-related crime as a separate criminological lens
Road maps and period driving routes for comparative overlays

CONNECT THE CITY

Roads connect the other rooms.

Maps, traffic records, photographs, addresses, and period reporting link automobile movement to neighborhoods, policing, crime, and industry without disclosing book investigations.