pedestrian safety

The Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, or SEMCOG, has awarded the City of Ypsilanti a nearly $163,000 grant for pedestrian improvements to Harriet Street. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

A much-awaited road project is coming to Ann Arbor to make a major corridor more bike and pedestrian friendly. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has this report.

Ann Arbor city officials mark the reopening of Gallup Park’s bridge with a ribbon-cutting ceremony today. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the details.

The Ann Arbor Downtown Development Authority will hold an open house on Wednesday to discuss recent planning efforts, including bikeway extensions in the city. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert has more.

Ann Arbor Police Chief Andre Anderson wants to remind motorists that with the return of students comes a sharp increase in pedestrian and bicycle traffic. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ann Arbor City Council is holding a rare Thursday meeting tonight. One item on the agenda asks City Administrator Milton Dohoney Jr. to negotiate the transfer ownership of all the state-owned trunklines in Ann Arbor to the city. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The Ann Arbor City Council will consider a resolution to begin constructing a pedestrian underpass at the Bandemer-Barton Trail. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.

The city of Ann Arbor is adding additional signage to a downtown intersection following two crashes involving someone on a bicycle. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.

The City of Ypsilanti wants to know how it can make the community safer for pedestrians. We get more from WEMU's Taylor Pinson.

The three-mile stretch of Washtenaw Avenue between US-23 and EMU’s water tower area has been the target of discussion for years. Now, an MDOT study on that stretch of road is taking a comprehensive look at how to fix it and also how to make it an area friendly for pedestrians and bicyclists as well. On this edition of "On the Ground Ypsi," WEMU's Cathy Shafran and Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale hear from Nathan Voght, the project manager for Reimagine Washtenaw, about visions for this portion of Washtenaw Avenue that could one day make it a multi-modal corridor, rather than a pothole-laden stretch of land to maneuver around.