Articles tagged:cycling

Posted: Thu Oct 27 9:45 a.m. by Kellie Woodhouse Higher education reporter
University of Michigan plans to introduce Google collaborative tools this spring

With 2012 fast approaching, the University of Michigan has finalized an agreement with Google to bring collaborative digital tools to campus and significantly reduce campus-wide information technology costs. The university will begin rolling out the new tools, including a new email system, this spring. "Having us offering Google services to ...

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Posted: Sun Aug 15 7:02 a.m. by Letters to the Editor

Editor’s note: Ken Clark was the author of a guest column on bike lanes and bicycling laws that appeared Aug. 1 on AnnArbor.com. Well, I definitely missed it. Back in February of this year, Ann Arbor’s City Council took the long overdue step of gutting Ann Arbor’s out-of-date bicycle ordinances. ...

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Posted: Sun Aug 1 7:11 a.m. by Guest Column
Sorting out the rules of the road for bike lanes

Editor's note: Although the city of Ann Arbor has not adopted the Michigan Uniform Traffic Code, as stated in this guest column, the City Council in February adopted its own ordinance defining and regulating bicycle lanes, according to Lisa Wondrash, communications unit manager for the city. You can view the ...

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Posted: Tue May 11 5:05 p.m. by Pam Stout

Fr. Alan Gibson blesses a bicycle during a short ceremony at St Andrew's Episcopal Church on Saturday morning. Melanie Maxwell | AnnArbor.com A small but passionate crew braved wind and rain on Saturday morning to attend a ceremonial blessing of the bicycles by Father Alan Gibson at St. Andrew's Episcopal ...

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Posted: Wed May 5 9 a.m. by Pam Stout
Cyclists invited to Blessing of the Bikes at St. Andrew's Saturday

Ann Arbor's St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is inviting all area cyclists to its First Annual "Blessing of the Bikes," to be held this weekend. The blessing ceremony will take place at 8:30 a.m. Saturday on the church lawn at 306 N. Division St. It's sponsored by the Episcopal Health Ministries and ...

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Posted: Thu Feb 4 2:13 p.m. by Melissa Gerharter MS, RD AnnArbor.com Community Contributor

As I stashed my gym shoes in my bag this morning and pulled on my boots to head out to the car, the importance of footwear at the gym bubbled up in my mind. Since I’m planning on a boot camp style workout today that mixes weights and cardio, I ...

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Posted: Mon Aug 17 4:59 p.m. by Kaleb Roedel

Several Ann Arbor-area residents are slated to ride in the 39th annual Dick Allen Lansing to Mackinaw (DALMAC) bicycle tour early next month.

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Posted: Sat Aug 15 5:47 a.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Memorial ride to honor cyclist killed in Pittsfield Township

A bicycle painted white with flowers on the handlebars remains locked to a “No Passing Zone” sign on Maple Road in Pittsfield Township. The “ghost bike,” as cyclists call it, is a small memorial for Tim Pincikowski, a cyclist from Saline who was struck and killed by a van on ...

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Posted: Wed Aug 12 2:25 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter

Washtenaw County prosecutors are now reviewing a report on the July 28 collision in Pittsfield Township that resulted in the death of a bicyclist from Saline, authorities said. It's routine for police to send such cases to prosecutors in a fatal collision investigation, said Gordy Schick, the township's deputy director ...

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Posted: Fri Aug 7 7:07 p.m. by Lee Higgins Crime and courts reporter
Investigators continue probe of fatal bicycle accident in Pittsfield

A report on a July 28 collision that resulted in the death of a 45-year-old cyclist from Saline could be completed as soon as Monday, Pittsfield Township police said today. Investigators have interviewed more than six witnesses and some are being re-interviewed, said Gordy Schick, the township's deputy director of ...

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