Group of bicyclists in front of Rick Snyder’s campaign headquarters to convey disappointment over remarks Snyder made during a recent televised debate. Snyder cited a new bicycle and pedestrian bridge over US-23 at Geddes as an example of inefficient spending on transportation in the state. [photo] [.pdf of press release]
Connected to bridges, but separate from the demonstration, city of Ann Arbor engineer Michael Nearing walked past, apparently on his way back from lunch, and confirmed that he was very happy today – Ann Arbor was awarded $14 million from the TIGER 2 federal grant program to repair its bridges on E. Stadium Boulevard.