The City of Ann Arbor and several organizations supporting urban bicycling are celebrating the positive impact cycling has had on the city.
Education and awareness campaigns on the benefits of bicycling have helped the city make progress towards its Vision Zero plan goals.
Suzann Flowers is the city’s Transportation Program Manager. She says Friday’s Bike to Wherever Day is a way to highlight how urban planning choices have put Ann Arbor in a good position for its overall future environmental impact. She adds creating two-way cycle tracks around downtown has contributed to that progress.
“We’re seeing all of the coalescing for the desire for more cycling facilities and transportation choice coming through those infrastructure improvements.”
Flowers says transportation makes up 20% of total greenhouse emissions, and the key to making a dent in that is to facilitate even more ways to move by bicycle.
Bike to Wherever Day is happening Friday morning in downtown Ann Arbor from 7-10 AM.
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