Shuttle Shock

Residents along Glazier Way in Ann Arbor say they're growing tired of the steady stream of shuttle buses coming and going between the VA hospital and Huron Hills Church — a situation they say is eroding the integrity of their otherwise peaceful neighborhood. The VA hospital and Huron Hills Church, 3150 Glazier Way, are now one year into a three-year deal that has the VA paying $82,335 a year to lease 200 parking spaces at the church. Two shuttles run on a continuous loop from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., transporting VA employees between the hospital and the church. "If this is allowed to stand in one of the more affluent neighborhoods in Ann Arbor, then no neighborhood is safe," said Rick Ratliff, head of the Glazier Way Association. Read the story.