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Author: Todd Scott

  • Detroit Public Television video: Pathways for People

    DPTV video on demandLast year, Detroit Public Television aired a half-hour segment on greenways and trails in the Metro-Detroit area called “Pathways for People.” It’s a well put together look at trails and their importance. If you have the time, you can now watch that video on-line. Pathway for People

  • Bike Lanes and Pathways Proposed for Redford

    Redford Township DDA streetscaping conceptAccording to this Detroit News article, “Wayne County Parks has allocated a $200,000 grant for a seven-mile bike trail. The trail will encompass central business district, several county and local parks, a golf course and schools and is expected to be completed by the end of this year.”

    A little digging at the Redford Township web site revealed these proposed plans: (more…)

  • Tax credit for donating land for parks

    Michigan’s State Capitol Building in LansingThis looks like a fine proposal from Senator Tony Stamas. His Senate Bill 1069 would give tax credit to those who donate their land (or an interest in it) to the DNR. The land must be used for the preservation of open space, natural resources, outdoor recreation, farmland preservation, and more. The DNR would manage this donation process, developing donation criteria, and approving them.

    It seems like another means for encouraging land preservation and increasing outdoor recreation with the state. Whether it truly gets used, and whether this bill even makes it out of the Michigan legislature remains to be seen.

  • What would it take to get you to bike everywhere?

    The Flint Journal recently ran an excellent article on bike commuter Doug Cook. Here’s an excerpt:Stuart Bauer | The Flint Journal

    Before you complain about your miserable drive in Wednesday’s winter storm, talk to Doug Cook.

    He was the guy on the mountain bike ducking the spray from passing cars in the dark at 5 a.m.
    Weekend forecast

    Nearly every day for the past year — no matter the weather — Cook, 49, has commuted to work on a bike from his Grand Blanc Township apartment to his job as a business systems analyst at the University of Michigan-Flint.

    He does it on a steel-frame bike immune to road salt, three layers of clothing, a big halogen headlight and flashing green light on the handlebars, red flashers on his helmet and bike, and red tube lights on a reflective vest.

  • How far are we behind the leaders?

    Copenhagen bike lane sweeper, http://cycleliciousness.blogspot.comNot only does Copenhagen have a well developed network of bike lanes, they have specially designed bike lane sweepers. In the winter, they use something similar but with snowplows. [Source: The Copenhagen Bike Culture Blog]