TdT 2010

Register or Volunteer for the 10th Annual Tour de TART

The 10th annual Tour de TART is a month away! It’s TART’s signature event. The 19-mile, one-way bike ride from Traverse City to Suttons Bay is a family-friendly evening ride. Join us on Friday, August 13 and take a spin on our trails, enjoy a bayfront dinner and bus ride back to TC. Make plans [...]

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Boardman Lake Trail

Boardman Trail S Airport Rd crossing

Popular Boardman Trail seeks expansion south
Public meeting June 28 to discuss grade separated South Airport Rd crossing
The 2.5-mile Boardman Lake Trail, that currently stretches from the north end of Boardman Lake in Traverse City to Medalie Park/Logan’s Landing on the lake’s southeast corner, is looking to continue its reach into the Boardman River valley. For [...]

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MLUI won bike

Glowing in the aftermath of Smart Commute Week

Smart Commute Week, held June 7-11, 2010, was a blast!  The final Commuter Cup results are here. Also, feel free to peruse our Smart Commute Week pictures here. For those of you who didn’t make it to the awards ceremony on Friday, the bike from City Bike Shop was awarded to Michigan Land Use Institute [...]

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Long-Distance Bike Routes Planned- IPR story 6-1-10

By Linda Stephan, Interlochen Public Radio 6/1/10
Plans are underway for a long-distance bike route that would extend from Sault Ste Marie south, below the Mackinac Bridge, and then follow the Lake Michigan shoreline through Petoskey, Frankfort, and South Haven.
Eventually the proposed U.S. Bicycle Route 35 would end up in the state of Mississippi. There are [...]

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generations

Connecting generations

TART creates trail program to connect generations- April 26 at 3:00 pm: We are partnering with Orchard Creek Assisted Living to take residents out on the Leelanau Trail for weekly scheduled trail outings. Volunteers interested in helping with this new program are asked to attend a short training session on Monday April 26th at 3:00 [...]

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TC W Mid School

Trail improvements coming to TC West Middle School

We have wonderful news to share! TART has been involved with the Safe Routes to School coalition at TC West Middle School since 2006 and we just received word that the project has been awarded a grant through the Michigan Department of Transportation Safe Routes to School Initiative.

Traverse City West Middle School, in partnership with [...]

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