Transportation & Community Design
Livable Towns
With your involvement, we can continue working on innovative solutions to tame traffic in Traverse City's downtown and neighborhoods, improving livability and keeping T.C. thriving.
Livable Towns
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the goal of the livable towns program?
What new services will you explore?
Based on best practices in other towns and feedback from employers, multiple options are surfacing as initiatives to explore: Private commuter shuttles, a downtown on-demand shuttle, a circulator shuttle, and a bike share program.
How can I get involved?
Sign up for Groundwork's newsletter for updates on T.C. Mobility Lab and ways you can get involved. Also keep an eye out for the Advocate Academy that we co-produce with Norte. A six-week class taught in late winter, the academy teaches strategies and offers advice for dealing with local government on issues like making a town more walkable and bike-able. You may also contact Groundwork Deputy Director, James Bruckbauer.
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Resources
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
Livable Towns News
How the Railroads Raised Traverse City
Postcard: The High Bridge, over the Pere Marquette River, northern Michigan. As we look to reestablish passenger rail service to Traverse City, examining the present and past of the railroad here provides helpful and fascinating perspectives into the possibilities for...
Stop This Bridge. Sharing Our Letter to MDOT Leaders
Hello Friends of Groundwork, We'll keep you up-to-date over the next few months on the Grand Traverse County Road Commission's efforts to build a new bridge, with an estimated cost of $320,000,000, in the Boardman River Valley, but in the meantime, here's a...
Controversial Boardman bridge cost triples—now $320 million+
FOIA request reveals project cost is triple what’s been publicly disclosed. Project web page: https://groundworkcenter.org/stop-hartman-hammond-bridge/ Traverse City, MI—The price to build the proposed Hartman-Hammond bridge-and-road project through the Boardman...