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Author: Todd Scott

  • MDOT announces grants for local trails

    From MDOT’s press release:

    Milford Trail

    The village of Milford, in partnership with the Charter Township of Milford, the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority, and the Community Foundation for Southeastern Michigan, will construct 2.9 miles of non-motorized trail. The trail will go from north of General Motors Road at the Milford Dam, then south across General Motors Road into Kensington Metropark, and continue south toward the intersection of Milford Road and Huron River Parkway. It will be an integral part of a much larger planned system within the county and region. A portion of the non-motorized network has been constructed, including the Kensington Metropark loop, a connection under I-96 and into Island Lake State Recreation Area, and the Huron Valley Trail that leads southwest into South Lyon and east toward Wixom.
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  • Bicycle hand signal recommendations

    From the Detroit Police Department Traffic Regulations handbook, 1929Michigan’s laws for hand signaling were based on people sitting in Model-Ts. They assume no one can see your right hand. They assume it’s important to signal all braking. They assume you don’t need your left hand for braking.

    These are bad assumptions for cyclists. Many states have updated their laws, but Michigan has not. (more…)

  • Petition DDOT for bus bike racks in Detroit

    Thanks to Sean_of_Detroit for creating this on-line petition. It’s a simple and quick way to get your support heard.

    For more information, visit this earlier m-bike entry regarding DDOT bus bike racks.

  • How the Dutch do Safe Routes to School

    This video show families and kids biking and walking to school. It’s simply amazing to see such a high level of participation — and all of these kids developing a positive healthy lifestyle. It’s a huge contrast from schools in Metro Detroit which are often clogged with parents chauffeuring their children to school, causing area traffic congestion, and fostering a dependence on commuting by car rather than by biking or walking.

    This video was taken by David Hembrow who adds “It’s important to realize that this is not an exceptional day, nor an exceptional school. Dutch children [are] everywhere, every day travel like this.”

    Additional resources: National Center for Safe Routes to School, Michigan Safe Routes to School

  • Wheelhouse Detroit: Renting bikes down by the River

    Karen and Kelli getting the space ready for bikesWe just want a send a quick congrats and best wishes to Kelly and Karen. Together they’ve opened a bike rental, repair, and sales shop at the Riverwalk’s Rivard Plaza called Wheelhouse Detroit. The Metro Times wrote an excellent article about the shop.

    And by the sound of it, their first weekend started strong.

    Riding in Detroit is the cycling world’s greatest secret. Thanks to the Wheelhouse, more people will be discovering that.