Project Overview
The project will extend a safe, accessible, All Ages and Abilities 2-way bicycle route on Catherine Street, while also supporting pedestrian safety with bumpouts, signal phasing and other improvements at intersections within the project area. The project will also connect to a 2026 road resurfacing project extending the bicycle facility through the Glen/Catherine intersection to Zina Pitcher. When paired with the recently completed Miller Avenue project , the future cycletrack will serve as an east-west bicycle trunkline connecting residential neighborhoods, downtown and one of the City’s major employment centers.
Why is this project being done?
As directed by Council in their adoption of the FY26 budget, staff proposed an extension of the existing Catherine-Miller cycletrack as a Quick Build Safety capital project to be completed in spring of 2026. In the Ann Arbor Moving Together Toward Vision Zero Comprehensive Transportation Plan and subsequent updates, this section of Catherine Street has been identified as:
- A Tier 2 focus corridor
- Proposed as an All Ages and Abilities bike route
- Having key bike intersections at Catherine Street/N. Division Street and Catherine Street/Glen Avenue
- A corridor with pedestrian and bicyclist crashes over the last five years.
Work to be done
- Installation of two-way cycletrack, using pavement markings and CityPosts
- Adjustment of signal phasing at intersection of Division/Catherine for a dedicated bicycle phase, allowing bikes to proceed through intersection more safely.
- Installation of bumpouts, using pavement markings and CityPosts
Costs and funding source
- FY26 Quick Build Safety Funding
- Short term impacts from construction, as crews work to install pavement marking changes and install CityPosts
- Parking removal from north curb of Catherine Street, between N. Division and N. Ingalls.
- Coordination with nearby capital projects (Kinglsey/Ingalls,Catherine/Zina Pitcher/Ann)
TBD. Check back soon!
Project Boundaries
Catherine Street Cycletrack Extension (Division-Glen) project extent
