28 Bike/Ped projects are on tap MACOG has published a list of several hundred Transportation Improvement Projects in their four-county area. Twenty-eight of those projects are specifically pointed at making our community more bicycle and pedestrian friendly. The image at the left shows the projects as balloons or red and black lines. Click here [...]
Indiana (blue) and Michigan (red) proposals The Indiana-Michigan River Valley Trail is a 34 mile multi-use trail extending from Niles, MI to Mishawaka, IN (and someday beyond). As with all bicycle/pedestrian transportation projects, it is a favorite project of nearly all regional residents, but a favorite scapegoat of many transportation skeptics: as such it [...]
The City of South Bend, along with bicycle advocates has begun the process of collecting non-motorized traffic counts. On June 14, from 5:00 until 7:00 pm, eight volunteers joined the South Bend Bicycle Coordinator staff in conducting the counts at eight sites in and around South Bend. All of the count sites were in South Bend, [...]
A few years back (2005 if my memory serves me correctly), area cyclists joined the National Bike to Work week with a local event centered at the College Football Hall of Fame. Organizers provided coffee, Danish pastry, and a selection of healthful fruits as bikers stopped off on their way to work. Since then…wow. The activities [...]
Wednesday, May 2nd Call for Riders, Walkers, Drivers and Wheelchair Users in South Bend, Indiana A coalition of local citizens seeking to promote road-sharing awareness and enhance area transportation safety announces its inaugural Share the Road….Every Life Counts procession, Wednesday, May 2. This event is the first of its kind featuring a positive, proactive approach to [...]
South Bend Named a Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists for 2018