Google has launched a new tool that lets cyclists look up trails through its Google Maps application. Traverse City has been included in the first 150 cities to be added to the feature.
From the Chicago Tribune:
"Hard-core and recreational cyclists will be able to use the Web-based technology to plan trips or explore biking trails and [...]
Division Street is a major transportation corridor of Traverse City with over 20,000 vehicles driving through each day. It is a corridor that most people in the region (Antrim, Benzie, Kalkaska, Leelanau, and Wexford counties) will travel heading north or south.
The Record-Eagle is reporting that city officials are seeking to make the Division Street drive [...]
On March 24, Jim Ridgway, of Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc. and David Flowers, of Natural Water Solutions, LLC., will be in Leelanau County to talk about decentralized water and wastewater treatment.
From the Leelanau County website:
"Two (2) national experts will share their experiences on low cost, small scale decentralized water & wastewater treatment opportunities. [...]
This year, go green on St. Patrick's day in a different way. With green energy.
The Grand Vision Energy Working Group will host a Renewable Energy forum on March 17.
It starts at 7pm and will be held at the Traverse Area District Library.
Michigan currently receives only 3% of its electricity from renewable energy. By law, electricity [...]
The Michigan State House Transportation Committee was in Traverse City yesterday (Mar 8). Because Michigan is unable to match federal transportation funds, the state is losing out on the federal dollars. As a result, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has been forced to delay indefinitely a significant portion of road improvement projects.
7&4 News was [...]
The Record-Eagle is reporting that a deal has been reached on the issue of bike lanes for the 8th street redesign:
"[TC City Manager Ben] Bifoss and [TC Mayor Chris] Bzdok recently met with MDOT officials and learned it's too late to widen the road enough to install separate bike lanes, a move that would change [...]
John Farrell is a researcher with the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. He recently wrote this commentary for Minnesota Public Radio on how local communities in the Midwest can begin to take control of their energy futures.
"State policies to support local ownership can triple or quadruple the economic benefits of their wind resource. Energy efficiency standards can [...]
The Record-Eagle is reporting that the Bay Area Transportation Authority (BATA) has received over a million dollars towards the development of non-urban transit agencies:
"Bay Area Transportation Authority will receive a sizable chunk of federal stimulus money designed to support Michigan's rural transit agencies. State transportation officials will dole out $12.4 million to non-urban transit agencies [...]
The Record-Eagle is reporting that the Traverse City Public Housing may add additional housing:
"The city's most prominent public housing facility could expand, though officials must first iron out plenty of details.
"Traverse City's Housing Commission will hold a study session today to discuss building additional housing at the Riverview Terrace site along Front Street. The 10-story [...]
The transportation blog My Wheels Are Turning (.com) is reporting that the Traverse City Planning Commission will review their 2010 street projects tonight (3/3) at 7pm on the 2nd floor of the Governmental center:
"In an attempt to proactively address infrastructure issues before it’s too late for changes, a la 8th Street, the Traverse City Planning [...]
