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Work is scheduled to begin the week of March 24 to construct a pedestrian tunnel beneath the railroad tracks to connect Bandemer Park and Barton Nature Area. During this construction project, there will be barriers and signage in place to alert the public of access restrictions.

The Washtenaw County Road Commission (WCRC) is excited to announce a $9.4 million investments in improving approximately 37 miles of paved and unpaved roads across Washtenaw County during the 2025 construction season

Experiencing That First Bike Feeling Again at 53: Bobby Julich’s New Dream Machine
Retired pro Julich embraces modern bike technology to the fullest with his new road bike — but can’t help but remember how much simpler prepping for a ride used to be.
Published Dec 14, 2024
I got my first racing bike in 1985. When I wanted to go for a ride, I would fill up one bottle with water out of the kitchen sink, bomb my skinny clincher tires up to 110psi, put some lube on my chain (maybe), throw a patch kit and banana in my back pocket, and I was quickly out the door.

It had 10 speeds, downtube shifters, wide bars, toe-clips, a full size frame pump, and weighed approximately one ton. Thanks to rim brakes and cables I at least stood a chance of fixing any minor mechanical issue that could happen during my training ride.

Washtenaw County Road Commission - Road Closures & Projects (2022)

Alexey Vermeulen has ridden up to 20 hours a week with his girlfriend's dog Willie in a backpack.
Alexey Vermeulen is no newbie at preparing for bike races. Having raced internationally since 2011 as a junior, Vermeulen has pinned on numbers at everything from Liège-Bastogne-Liège to the road world championships. This year, the former LottoNL-Jumbo racer is tackling Unbound Gravel for the first time. His secret weapon for Unbound training? Sir Willie the Weiner.

The Jackson County Department of Transportation will close Green Road from approximately 3,000 feet east of Hideway Lane to Loveland Road on Wednesday, May 5, 2021, for approximately one year.
Aggregate Industries currently operates an aggregate mining operation on both sides of this section of Green Road. The County entered into an agreement with Aggregate Industries that allows for mining gravel under the existing road. Aggregate Industries will reconstruct the road and reopen it within one year of the road closure, at no cost to the County. Additionally, Aggregate Industries will compensate the County for all gravel removed from the Green Road right-of-way.

Green Road from Clear Lake Road to the point of closure will remain open to traffic. The closed section of the road will not be accessible to the public until early 2022. No detour will be posted and motorists should seek an alternative route.

In 2019, the League published the "Benchmarking Report", a compendium of data on biking and walking. Last week, we launch data.bikeleague.org in order to make that data more accessible. This new portal allows you to find statistics and make comparisons on a variety of biking and walking data from multiple federal, state, and local sources.

Next year, it'll be a little easier to be a cyclist in Livonia.

In partnership with St. Mary Mercy Hospital and Healthy Livonia, the city plans to build a biking path or lane along Stark Road. The planned pathway would stretch between the Stark Road recreation area, which includes Ford Field, and would lead into Hines Parkway.

Once on the Hines trail, cyclists can head into Northville, Westland, Plymouth or Dearborn Heights.

“I think Hines is a pretty popular area and something we want to link up to in our regional trail network," said Ted Davis, the city's parks and recreation superintendent.

Unlike some of the city's popular park trails, like those at Rotary Park or Clements Circle, the Stark Road pathway would connect cyclists to a larger trail network. The project is park of the city's Bike and Walk Plan, which is meant to foster more non-motor travel throughout the city.

AABTS member, Lynn Babcock, spearheads charitable program to provide bikes to Afghan refugees