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

  • Going through Washtenaw County's Non-Motorized Plan to prioritize projects that are identified in it. 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.)
  • 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.
  • Participating in Ann Arbor's Bike Fest in June of 2006 and 2007, a fabulous success that featured bike demos, exhibits, riders and shops of all kinds, and was experienced by a very large crowd of interested observers.
  • We participated in Ann Arbor's third, Curb Your Car Month in May 2007, including our presentation on "Non-motorized plans: what's next?"
  • A screening of the documentary The End of Suburbia for a packed room at Arbor Brewing Company in November 2005.
  • Applying for Ann Arbor to receive Bicycle-Friendly Community status from the League of American Bicyclists. It was awarded bronze-level status in May 2005. Here are the criteria by which we were judged.
  • Having seats on the 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.
  • Sponsoring and working on Curb Your Car Month 2005.
  • Updating our collection of local snow removal policies for 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 2004 July 4th parade.
  • Participating in Ann Arbor's Earth Day and Green Fair events in 2004.
  • Sponsoring Bike to Work Week 2004
  • Sponsoring Joe Breeze when his Bicycling to Healthy Transportation Choices Now presentation came to Ann Arbor.
  • Working with Ann Arbor's Mitchell School and the Ecology Center to establish a Walking School Bus alternative for students to get to school.
  • We submitted a list of questions to the Washtenaw County Road Commission and got some informative responses.
  • Exploring options for closing Huron River Drive to automobile traffic on some weekend days during cycling season.
  • Sponorship of Get Out and Bike Week 2003.
  • Proposing enhancements to the path over Argo Dam to increase its usefulness as a corridor for non-motorized transportation from Northeast Ann Arbor to downtown.
  • Working with local law enforcement agencies to promote safe bicycling conditions and increase awareness of the laws as they pertain to bicycling
  • In November 2002 we surveyed local candidates for office on bike and pedestrian-related issues
  • Work with the Sheriff's department to provide biking education in local schools
  • Doing an inventory of where sidewalks are needed in the AA area
  • Providing input on the State Street Area Redesign Project
  • Establishing and maintaining this website 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