2010
New Bike Path under I-280 and over Maumee (posted Nov. 11, 2010)
Read the article in The Blade and watch the video on 13abc News. Check out this letter to the editor from Nov. 19th!
Mountain Bike Trail in the News (posted Oct. 3, 2010)
Read the article in The Blade and watch the video on WTOL-11.
Grand Opening of Mountain Bike Trail (posted Sept. 5, 2010)
Did you ever want ride singletrack in Toledo? Now you can! Thanks to the City of Toledo and some awesome volunteers, we now have a mountain bike trail at Jermain Park (near the Toledo hospital). The grand opening is Saturday, Oct 2 from 12pm - 4pm. Park by the tennis courts off Upton, just south of Monroe St. For maps and more info, check out the Toledo Free Ride web site.
Mtn. Biking in Wood County (posted July 7, 2010)
The Wood County Park District (Perrysburg, Grand Rapids, BG, etc.) is thinking about building off-road trails for biking. Great, as there are few mtn. bike trails in NW Ohio. However, they held 2 meetings and ZERO bikers attended. Contact the Park District to let them know that we need more mountain bike trails in NW Ohio!
TMACOG Surveys (posted June 18, 2010)
TMACOG is soliciting input on which transportation projects should receive millions of tax dollars. Help them decide to spend the money on cycling infrastructure! The surveys at TMACOG error when you press Submit, so follow these instructions:
- Open the files: 1) March 2010 Survey.doc & 2) Suggested Changes.doc
- Complete the surveys (pay special attention to the 'bike' projects)
- Save them to your hard drive
- Email both files to onthemove@tmacog.org
North/South Bike Trail (posted May 24, 2010)
Toledo desperately needs a north/south trail and this dream may become a reality over the next few years. Read this article about the 'Back Side' trail which will start at Bowman Park in West Toledo, go south through Ottawa Park and UT, and continue all the way to Perrysburg.
May is National Bike Month (posted May 13, 2010)
The League of American Bicyclists encourages everyone to ride their bike. May 17-21st is Bike to Work Week and Friday the 21st is Bike to School/Work day. Visit the TMACOG web site for a list of local events.
2009
Motor City to Cycle City? (posted Tuesday, July 07, 2009)
Check out this article in the NY Times about our neighbor to the north:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/opinion/05barlow.html?_r=3
Bike Tax (posted Friday, March 27, 2009)
Would you be willing to pay a tax for better bike trails and lanes? Check out this CNN Video from March 9, 2009: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/03/09/dnt.or.bike.tax.katu
Cycling Accident (posted Friday, March 27, 2009)
It's only January and unfortunately we already have a fatal cycling accident. Flemming Williamson was run over and killed by a hit-skip driver on Sunday, Jan 25th. See The Blade article.
Lance Armstrong (posted Friday, January 30, 2009)
Did you see Lance's return to professional cycling in the Tour Down Under? It was his first road race in 3 1/2 years. He finished 29th -- just 49 seconds behind the winner. Not bad for a 37 year old. Here's a pretty good article with more info: http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/28898412/