Mayors Ride Map and SAG stops
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Apr 112017
South Bend cautiously moving forward on bike sharing
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Apr 112017
SOUTH BEND — The city can likely support a bike-sharing program, but officials want more time to determine which type.
The issue’s complexity, some of it coming as a surprise to the city administration, warrants more research and planning, Mayor Pete Buttigieg said Monday, moments after he announced details of his second annual Mayors’ Bike Ride at a Howard Park news conference.
“We want to make sure we get this right the first time,” Buttigieg said, “because when you lock in on a certain plan, especially if it’s a private partner, you have to make sure you’re getting it right. But the sooner we can have it, the better, because I really do think it will be an enhancement to quality of life here.”
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Mayors’ Ride returns to South Bend, Mishawaka
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Apr 112017
SOUTH BEND — The Mayors’ Ride, which invites bicyclists to spin along bike routes by the St. Joseph River, will return May 7 for the second year with only a small change in its route.
The free bike ride will run between 8 a.m. and noon that Sunday. Bicyclists of all ages will be able to join it at any time in those four hours, starting at either St. Patrick’s County Park or Howard Park in South Bend or at Central Park in Mishawaka.
An obstacle course, inflatable play equipment and food trucks will be posted at Howard Park, said Aaron Perri, director of the city’s Venues, Parks and Arts, at a news conference Monday to promote the event. And there will be cookies, fruit and water at all three stops.
Our Opinion: A win-win for the River Valley Trail
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Apr 052017
St. Joseph County shouldn’t miss the opportunity to fill in some of the final gaps in a recreational trail project that’s been years in the making.
By contributing about $225,000 from the county’s tourism development fund, along with other donations and grants, the county would be able to finally pave the two-mile gap in the trail from Darden Road north to the Michigan state line.
County Engineer Jessica Clark estimates that building two sections of the trail — from Darden to Auten Road with money raised through a local charity drive, then from Auten to the state line with cash from the tourism fund — could save the county as much as $100,000. It also could shave a year off the timetable for completing the county’s portion of trail.