Kalamazoo promotes more bike racks

Kalamazoo’s new master plan promotes an increased use of non-motorized transportation like bikes. So city planners want new developments to be ready with on-site bicycle parking, the Kalamazoo Gazette reports.

City planners said a draft of the plan that would mandate bike parking provided to the Kalamazoo Area Chamber of Commerce drew no comment from business leaders.

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“I’d like to see Kalamazoo be more like Ann Arbor and be ahead of the curve,” said Planning Commissioner Merilee Mishall.

To find out what the requirement would entail, please read the rest of the story.

Source: Kalamazoo Gazette