SAVE THE EARTH, RIDE A BIKE
Transportation was responsible for 28.6% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2001, second only to GHG emissions from eletrical utilities. (Worldwide, the transportation sector is responsible for 13.5% of GHG emissions, including 9.9% from road travel and 1.6% from air travel.) For all GHG, the state of Michigan emits as much as the Netherlands, and Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia together emit as much as India.
If you drive a car, you can reduce the amount of GHG you emit while driving through simple measures recommended by the EPA or offset your driving with a TerraPass. The best option is to use alternative transportation.
BIKE
3535 Cass Ave.
Detroit, MI 48201
Phone: 313.879.5073
5 – 9pm Mon. (Volunteer/class/adult earn-a-bike hours)
5 – 9pm Tues. (Open hours)
A collectively-run community bike space that aims to repair bikes, provide education and empowerment, promote creative expression, and address issues of our time with bikes as a tool of transportation and liberation.
Bike Advocates at the University of Michigan
Dedicated to supporting the needs of bicyclists in the university community. Bicycle Commuting Workshops cover bike maintenance, traffic skills, and how to carry loads on a bike. Free bike tune-ups. Critical Mass rides 4:30pm the last Friday of each month at North University and State streets in Ann Arbor.
Washtenaw Bicycling & Walking Coalition
c/o The Ecology Center
117 N. Division S.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.864.4095
The Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition promotes transportation options that make sense for a sustainable and livable community by increasing the quality and quantity of bicycling and walking opportunities in Washtenaw County through advocacy and education. The WBWC is comprised of local organizations, agencies and retail stores, as well as individual cyclists and walkers.
BUS
Ann Arbor Transportation Authority
2700 S. Industrial Hwy.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.973.6500 (General information)
Phone: 734.996.0400 (Routes & schedules)
Local public transportation system for the greater Ann Arbor-Ypsilanti area. AATA permits all active University of Michigan faculty, staff and students to ride on all of its regularly scheduled fixed-route buses at any time of day, any day of the week without paying a fare through the MRide program.
CARSHARE
The Ann Arbor Community Car Coop is a group of Ann Arbor residents and University of Michigan students working to bring car sharing to Ann Arbor.
Phone: 866.4ZIPCAR
Car-sharing. University of Michigan students, faculty, and staff can join ZipCar for only $30/year.
TRAIN
325 Depot St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 1.800.USA.RAIL
7am - midnight Mon. - Sun. (Station)
7:15am - 11:30pm Mon. - Sun. (Ticketing)
Routes to Chicago, Hammond and Michigan City in Indiana, and 22 cities in Michigan, including Detroit, Grand Rapids, Pontiac, Kalamazoo, Battle Creek, East Lansing, Flint, Albion, Jackson, Dearborn, Royal Oak, and Birmingham.
WALK
Washtenaw Bicycling & Walking Coalition
c/o The Ecology Center
117 N. Division S.
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.864.4095
The Washtenaw Bicycling and Walking Coalition promotes transportation options that make sense for a sustainable and livable community by increasing the quality and quantity of bicycling and walking opportunities in Washtenaw County through advocacy and education. The WBWC is comprised of local organizations, agencies and retail stores, as well as individual cyclists and walkers.
MULTIPLE METHODS
Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce
425 South Main St., Ste. 103
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Phone: 734.214.0100
Sustainable transportation programming, events, resources, and services for bikers, walkers, bus riders, carpoolers, telecommuters, and drivers.
University of Michigan Parking & Transportation Services
1213 Kipke Dr.
Ann Arbor, MI 48109
Phone: 734.764.3427
Fax: 734.763.1470
Alternative transportation including bus service between Ann Arbor and Chelsea and Dexter via the WAVE Community Connector, motorcycle and moped parking, University of Michigan buses, and carpools and the Employer Sponsored Vanpooling Program for University of Michigan faculty and staff.