September Program: B2B Trail Gaps and a Campus-to-Campus Bikeway

Larry Deck will discuss what needs to be done to fill two gaps in the Border-to-Border (B2B) Trail in central Ann Arbor and how this work will facilitate the creation of a bikeway between the U-M’s Central Campus and North Campus. The B2B Trail projects, which are near the Fuller / Maiden Lane intersection, have been in Ann Arbor plans for over 30 years and are straightforward to build. The Campus-to-Campus (C2C) Bikeway will use existing and new facilities to provide a safe and efficient way to bike between the campuses. Larry will discuss how these projects relate to city, county, and U-M climate goals.

NOTE - THIS IS A REVISION - due to inclement weather forecast for Weds, 9/22, the RIDE IS RESCHEDULED TO FRIDAY, Sept. 24 at NOON. The FRIDAY after the program, we will ride the proposed C2C trail with Larry Please register here - https://www.meetup.com/Sierra-Club-Huron-Valley/events/280287474/

Larry Deck has been a leader in creating trails and greenways in Michigan. He led the creation of, and chaired, the organization that has evolved into the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance. He initiated and served as the Project Director of the Southeast Michigan Greenways Project, which developed a constituency and vision for an interconnected greenway system in southeast Michigan. Before leading these statewide and regional efforts, he co-founded and chaired in the 1980s the Friends of the LakeLands Trail, a group that has promoted the rail-trail between Hamburg and Jackson, one of the first rail-trails in Michigan.