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Ann Arbor bikeway clocks record-high 10,000-plus trips in July - midwest.social

archive link [https://archive.today/?run=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fnews%2Fann-arbor%2F2023%2F08%2Fann-arbor-bikeway-clocks-record-high-10000-plus-trips-in-july.html] > A record-high 10,500-plus trips were clocked along one small stretch of one downtown Ann Arbor bikeway during the month of July, new data shows. > > An online dashboard [https://bikecounter.org/annarbor-1] for the Division Street bikeway just south of Catherine Street shows rider counts there have gone up from 8,681 in May to 10,138 in June, and now 10,502 for July.

Mlive: Ann Arbor wants more mixed-use development, but is it working? - midwest.social

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Long construction delays leave new Ann Arbor apartment tenants in limbo - midwest.social

archive.today link [https://archive.today/?run=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mlive.com%2Fnews%2Fann-arbor%2F2023%2F08%2Flong-construction-delays-leave-new-ann-arbor-apartment-tenants-in-limbo.html] > Months-long construction delays have left would-be tenants of a new Ann Arbor apartment development in limbo and searching for alternative housing arrangements. > > The 286-unit, phase-two building of the Beekman on Broadway project off Broadway Street and Maiden Lane — just down the street from Michigan Medicine and the University of Michigan medical campus — was supposed to begin welcoming tenants before the start of the new school year Aug. 28.

Opinion | Michigan bills would bring clean energy to low-income families | Bridge Michigan - midwest.social

> Clean energy should not be treated like a privilege. > > Michigan is making impressive strides toward building a clean energy future. Legislators have introduced proposals to cut pollution and grow the economy by investing in 100 percent, carbon-free electricity by 2035. These proposals deserve our full support because they also do something that utilities and policymakers traditionally neglected: help ensure that underserved, under-represented communities also enjoy the benefits of a clean energy future. > > What does this mean? > > It means that lower-income households and communities of color have access to solar energy resources.

‘We do not have to live like this.’ Ann Arborites air frustrations over DTE outages - midwest.social

ANN ARBOR, MI — After enduring another days-long power outage, at least the second of the year for many, Ann Arbor residents aired frustrations at an emergency town hall Sunday. “One thing I’ve discovered in talking to people here is that people from Ann Arbor don’t realize that how often these outages happen is unusual,” said Ann Arbor resident Kieran Hawthorne, who said she grew up in New England and never experienced outages like this until she came to southeast Michigan. “This does not happen anywhere else,” she said, adding she can count on one hand the number of outages she experienced in 20 years living in New England and can’t recall a time when the power was out there for more than 24 hours. “We had a hurricane, the power did not go out,” she said. “I think the first step to making a change is recognizing that what’s happening is not OK and it’s not normal.”

State instructs insurance companies to report climate risks as part of national survey - midwest.social