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• New option for AATA trip planning

  You won't find a link to it on the AATA site but Google maps has added Ann Arbor to the list of cities for which you can get transit directions as well as driving directions. It's also pretty hard to tell by looking at the page that you're there but' [...]
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  Posted: May 11, 2008, 6:08pm EDT
  

• Hauling things by bike

  I had really hoped to have a more spectacular re-launch of CFA2 in time for Curb Your Car Month 08, but it's been way busy on the non-motorized transportation front lately (which is a good thing) and it turns out it's not that easy to find bloggers who are not [...]
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  Posted: April 30, 2008, 7:33pm EDT
  

• photos of East Quad Bike Coop Fixup

  HD points out:Two weekends ago, the East Quad Bike Coop held a bike fixup and giveaway.At the end of the event, 7 or 8 of the really really junky ones foundtheir way into the Ghost Bike project.Here's a couple of shots from Matt Hampel's Flickr account:http://www.flickr.com/photos/a2community/2396966827/in/photostream [...]
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  Posted: April 08, 2008, 11:40am EDT
  

• ann arbor cranksgiving

  We threw out the idea of a Cranksgiving ride a while back. The vision is now realized in what looks to be a fun alleycat race Sunday, November 18. You can read all about it at the Cranksgiving Ann Arbor blog. [...]
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  Posted: November 13, 2007, 10:19am EST
  

• no bus service on memorial day

  From the AATA:The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority will not operateregular fixed-route bus service, A-Ride paratransit, or Good As Gold seniortaxi services on Monday, May 28, 2007 in observance of the Memorial Dayholiday. Regular bus, paratransit and senior taxi services will resume onTuesday, May 29. Passengers may take advantage of AATA's' [...]
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  Posted: May 21, 2007, 8:46am EDT
  

• howell - ann arbor rail line plans expand

  According to Metromode, the Coalition for Mass Transit is optomistic about the million dollar Federal grant that they applied for. They are also considering adding stops in Hamburg and Saline.Other juicy details include:A three-car passenger train would make six trips during the morning rush hour and another six trips in [...]
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  Posted: May 08, 2007, 12:59am EDT
  

• curb your car month already started

  The housekeeping staff as been consumed with preparations for a return to Michigan from the Far East. As a result, we forgot to remind everyone that May is Curb your Car Month.The getDowntown program has a great list of events over the next 25 days, like urban cycling skills workshop, [...]
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  Posted: May 04, 2007, 4:22am EDT
  

• making shoes less hurty

  Metafilter, the 21st century's fountain of common knowledge and folk wisdom, has a thread full of good tips on getting new shoes to be comfortable. The advice focuses on leather shoes with a lot of DIY and purchase-alternative ideas. It seems that just about any household item, from soap to [...]
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  Posted: May 04, 2007, 4:00am EDT
  

• huron river drive carfree for 3 hours

  From GetDowntown, among others announcing this unique opportunity:Have you ever wondered what it be like if Huron River Drive were closedto cars? Well, tomorrow is your chance to check it out and voice yourcomments to the City. The City of Ann Arbor is closing Huron RiverDrive from Bird Rd. to [...]
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  Posted: April 21, 2007, 12:57am EDT
  

• speed traps on sidewalks?

  A link from Ed's blog pointed us to a list of speed traps in Ann Arbor.The interesting point, from a carfree perspective, is that some of the traps include police vehicles parked on the sidewalk and in bus loading zones.Huron Parkway Ravine. They sit on the sidewalk along the concrete' [...]
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  Posted: April 19, 2007, 2:29am EDT
  

• aadts and the tommorow that never comes

  You're never going to believe this, but the Ann Arbor to Detroit rail project opening has been put off until at least 2008. Yes, over the last ten years you've been let-down repeatedly over the possibility of a decent mass transit connection to the airport and the city. Yes, it [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2007, 4:27am EDT
  

• what to do with huron river drive?

  It appears that the miserable condition of Huron River Drive has reached some invisible but verifiable level of crapitude. For years the only thing cyclists and motorists using this stretch of road could agree on was the miserable state of the too-narrow road surface. The city has now deemed the [...]
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  Posted: April 04, 2007, 3:43am EDT
  

• blue bus etiquette

  Laura sent us a link to some advice on being a good rider at the Ann Arbor Crier.Above all else, follow two simple rules: Do not be in the way, and pretend everyone on the bus is your grandma. Use these as your rubric for courtesy and you’ll notice fewer [...]
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  Posted: April 02, 2007, 10:10am EDT
  

• carfree queries: diy traffic light changer

  [One of our guilty pleasures in keeping house at cfa2 is browsing the site statistics. The idea is that by reviewing referrers and search terms, we can reach our target audience more effectively while, at the same time, expand that audience. That hasn't really panned out so far, but we [...]
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  Posted: April 01, 2007, 10:20pm EDT
  

• public parking workshop

  As part of the Ann Arbor Discover Downtown (A2D2) project, the City is hosting two public participation events on long-term parking strategy. Tonight (March 28), the project team will facilitate a work session to obtain input and direction on the parking study at the Ann Arbor Downtown Library 6:30 p.m. [...]
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  Posted: March 27, 2007, 11:15pm EDT
  

• transportation enhancements funding threatened & bike commute tax break considered

  Every blike blogger and her brother have mentioned this recent threat to trail funding, but League of American Bicyclists has a good summary. Basically, Congress told states to return some of their transportation budget (after checking on this, we found that "no take-backs" is not actually a constitutional right). Governors [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2007, 11:12pm EDT
  

• cycm rumors: bike vs. car

  That's right, as the weather gives us a Spring preview, it's time to start thinking about Curb Your Car Month. All through the month of May, the getDowntown program organizes events, lectures, parties, and give-aways to celebrate and promote the carfree lifestyle in Ann Arbor.There is nothing that whips up [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2007, 4:20am EDT
  

• amtrak wolverine service changes

  As of April 2, Amtrak is adjusting the schedule of the Wolverine, the train that gets the good people of Ann Arbor to Chicago. The new departure times are:Eastbound from Ann Arbor: 2:09pm 5:47pm 11:30pm Westbound from Ann Arbor: 8:23am 12:56pm 6:51pm According to the AANews, the Eastbound afternoon train [...]
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  Posted: March 26, 2007, 3:39am EDT
  

• on vacation

  Our apologies for the lack of posts recently. The cfa2 housekeeping staff is celebrating the arrival of a new family member, Leif Michael, and will be taking a few days off from updating the website. We should be back in a few days. In the mean time, please feel fee [...]
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  Posted: March 16, 2007, 5:58am EDT
  

• ten ways to encourage a carfree commute to your downtown ann arbor business

  Bicycle Colorado just posted 7 Steps to a Bicycle-Friendly Workplace. Their list of general tips on encouraging biking to work inspired us to write up a list of simple ways businesses in downtown Ann Arbor can encourage carfree commuting.1. Sign up for the go!pass 2. Post locations and rental info [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2007, 11:14pm EST
  

• megabus to chicago

  Ypsidixit got the scoop on the Megabus expansion to Ann Arbor. Megabus has been serving Detroit for a while now, and it has been a mystery to us how they could drive right past a town full of cheap-skate college students without picking up a few fares. They seem to [...]
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  Posted: March 08, 2007, 9:08pm EST
  

• nancy shore on life on the aata board

  Nancy already talked about carfree life of SOS consumers. Now she chats with us about her experience on the AATA board and her goals for AATA.cfa2: what it is like to sit on the AATA board? Nancy: Well, it’s really interesting. The Board definitely doesn’t speak with one voice, and [...]
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  Posted: March 07, 2007, 3:18am EST
  

• capital improvements plan; alternative transportation projects

  In preparation for the city's budgeting process, the draft version of the Capital Improvements Plan (CIP) is posted on the city website. Here is a list of the "Alternative" Transportation projects in the report:Bandemer Park Pedestrian TunnelBicycle Facilities Development*Geddes Ave. Non-Motorized Path (Gallup Park to Huron Pkwy)Huron River Multipurpose Trail*Northeast' [...]
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  Posted: March 06, 2007, 10:18pm EST
  

• DIY bottle cap helmet mirror

  We've never understood the need for a rear-view mirror while cycling. The occasional glance over the shoulder has always been sufficient. But the style points earned from sporting a wearable mirror made from an attractive bottle cap and a bike spoke may just change our tune. Instructables demonstrates how to [...]
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  Posted: March 06, 2007, 9:25pm EST
  

• Nancy Shore on carfreedom and homelessness

  In an effort to branch out in terms of content (read as: "we're running out of tips!"), we decided to contact people related to local carfree issues to ask a few questions. You're not going to find the well-balanced queries and teetering style available in interviews elsewhere, but we were [...]
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  Posted: March 02, 2007, 9:34am EST
  

• no county bus service... for now

  AANews announces that AATA will not be persuing a millage to expand service to the entire county.A consultant found that 54 percent of Washtenaw County voters would support a .5 mill tax to extend AATA service countywide. Without at least 60 percent support among voters at the outset of a [...]
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  Posted: March 01, 2007, 3:35am EST
  

• guerrilla Link schedule

  We were just lamenting the drift away from useful tips towards comments on AANews articles that now make-up the bulk of our postings. Despite our best efforts to come up with new resources and suggestions for carfree life in Ann Arbor, we're running out of ideas. But in our darkest [...]
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  Posted: February 27, 2007, 10:37pm EST
  

• bikes on buses: good marketing or excessive luxury

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  Posted: February 22, 2007, 10:27pm EST
  

• summing up a carfree year

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  Posted: February 22, 2007, 1:59am EST