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Some projects that have been recently done, or are underway or under consideration for the WBWC include:

For the first time, providing Valet Bike Parking for all fours days of the 2009 Ann Arbor Art Fairs.
Going through Washtenaw County's Non-Motorized Plan to prioritize projects that are identified in it. These are the Non-Motorized Project Priorities (pdf) we've identified.

Our goal is to get projects in the 2035 Long-Range Plan (LRP) so that they can be put into the Transportation Improvement Program (TIP), which is the short-range funding document (with a sliding 4-year window). To be in the LRP, a project needs to be funded; that is, it needs to be sponsored by an implementing agency that is willing to commit matching funds of at least 20%. (WATS would allocate remaining funds from the federal pot it controls, which is currently called the Surface Transportation Program [STP], although the name may change when the federal transportation law is reauthorized.)
A "Walk, Talk, and Chalk" event in May 2009.
Going to Lansing for the Leageu of Michigan Bicyclist's Advocacy Day to advocate for statewide and local initiatives.
Organizing a monthly Ride Around Town in Ann Arbor since October 2007.
Collecting information about local Safe Routes to School (SR2S) efforts and groups involved with these efforts and maintaining a web page on the subject, promoting SR2S to the general public, and bringing together people and groups interested in the program.
Working with Ann Arbor to apply for Bicycle-Friendly Community status from the League of American Bicyclists every two years since 2005. Here are the criteria by which we were judged.
Participating in Ann Arbor's Bike Fest in since its inception in June 2006.
Participating in Ann Arbor's Curb Your Car Month since 2005, including our presentations on topics like "Non-motorized plans: what's next?" and "Same Roads, Same Rules?"
A screening of the documentary The End of Suburbia for a packed room at Arbor Brewing Company in November 2005.
Having seats on Ann Arbor's ALT Committee and Safe Streets and Sidewalks Committee, and the past Ann Arbor Non-Motorized Transportation Advisory Committee, and the Washtenaw County Non-Motorized Planning Committee.
Ongoing meetings with the University of Michigan's Planning Office and other departments to ensure that alternative transportation options for students and staff are given adequate attention at the University.
Maintaining documentation on local snow removal policies since 2004.
Putting on a Winter Bike Riding workshop in December 2004.
Surveying local candidates in November 2004.
Sending a highly-skilled bicycling unit to Ann Arbor's July 4th parade since 2004.
Sponsoring Joe Breeze when his Bicycling to Healthy Transportation Choices Now presentation came to Ann Arbor.
We submitted a list of questions to the Washtenaw County Road Commission and got some informative responses.
In November 2002 we surveyed local candidates for office on bike and pedestrian-related issues
Providing input on the State Street Area Redesign Project
Maintaining this website since 2000 as a useful and comprehensive resource for Washtenaw bicyclists and pedestrians
Smaller-scale projects that we haven't gotten around to listing yet

Last Updated: April 15, 2008