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Saturday, May 16, 2015 Published by J-Ad Graphics, Inc. Phone (269) 945-9554 1351 North M-43 Highway • Hastings, MI 49058-0188
astings Planning Commission Chairman David Hatfield (right) talks to a Michigan Department of Transportation employee as Training Wheels participants cycle through Tyden Park during MDOT’s Training Wheels program in Hastings Thursday, May 14. In the background is MDOT Non-motorized Transportation Planner Cynthia Krupp. Approximately two dozen local cycling enthusiasts, representatives from the City of Hastings, Hastings City Police Department, the Village of Middleville, Thornapple Township, Trilanders, Thornapple Trail Association, Barry County Road Commission, local business owners and MDOT employees from around the state attended. Training Wheels is an educational course on the planning and design of on-road bicycle facilities. Thursday’s program included two hours of classroom instruction, an on-road survey of local streets, followed by a classroom bicycle facilities design exercise.