Random conversation in Matt McGrath’s office a couple years ago after reading Nick Chrisman’s book we all knew

DMATS (Detroit Metropolitan Area Traffic Study) completed

• DMATS (Detroit Metropolitan Area Traffic Study) completed

• First assemblage of all the elements of an urban transportation study
• Led by J. Douglas Carroll Jr.
• Trip generation rates by land use category
• Future trips were estimated from a land use forecast
• Trip distribution model used a gravity model
• Produced maps of traffic flow and volume
• Much of the work was done by hand with the aid of tabulating machines for some of the calculations
• Cost/benefit analysis of expressway network

Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works develop the U-2, a high altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft

• Kelly Johnson and the Lockheed Skunk Works develop the U-2, a high altitude strategic reconnaissance aircraft

• Perkin-Elmer developed cameras had a resolution of 2.5 ft (76 cm) from an altitude of 60,000 ft (18km)
• Nicknamed the Dragon Lady, flown by CIA and USAF
• Still in frontline service more than 50 years after its first flight despite the advent of surveillance satellites