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A newly released economic study of outdoor recreation in Washington state finds that bicycling contributes $3.1 billion a year to the state’s economy.
That’s the fourth highest economic impact among the major outdoor pursuits listed in the study, following only Sightseeing and Nature (1), all types of Boating (2), and Hiking, Climbing, Camping (3).
And participation in …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/20/bicycling-means-big-bucks-in-washington-state-ranks-3rd-in-outdoor-recreation-spending/
There’s a new bike route way-finding sign at the corner of Northrup Way and Lake Washington Boulevard in Bellevue.
It reads “Seattle – 7” and points toward a bike path that heads into a tunnel and follows State Route 520.
The bike path is newly opened, but it doesn’t make it all the way to …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/16/new-sr-520-eastside-bike-path-links-lake-washington-blvd-and-evergreen-point-rd/
A trail in Oregon is the newest addition to the list of Top 10 longest rail-trails for bicycling.
The 110-mile-long OC&E Woods State Line Trail — which follows the abandoned corridor of the Oregon, California, and Eastern Railroad — is listed at No. 10 on the Rails to Trails Conservancy’s latest listing of longest rail-trails. Most of the trail …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/15/oregon-trail-makes-top-10-list-of-longest-rail-trails/
If you can earn a scholarship to attend college, why not for other types of higher learning — such as bicycle touring?
The Adventure Cycling Association is offering two scholarships for young adults aged 18-25 to attend one of its educational courses this year.
The recipients will receive the costs of traveling to the course …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/14/bike-touring-scholarships-offered-by-adventure-cycling-association/
[Update: Feb. 10, 2015 — NPS rolls back proposed fees on C&O Canal Towpath] Bicyclists using the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Towpath, one of the most popular bike touring trails in the nation, are facing new user fees along the entire length of the 184.5-mile trail from Washington DC to Cumberland, Maryland.
Also, a $20 per night fee would …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/12/national-park-service-proposes-entrancecamping-fees-for-co-canal-towpath/
We’ve all probably seen photos, slides and digital images taken on bicycle tours. But an exhibition at the Fowler Museum at UCLA displays amazing photographs taken by two early bicycle explorers traveling in the Middle East more than 100 years ago.
Entitled “Round Trip: Bicycle Asia Minor 1891”, the exhibition features photos taken by Americans William Sachtleben …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/09/vintage-global-bicycle-tour-photos-on-display-at-ucla/
Bicyclists can ride the entire length of the 22-mile Chehalis-Western Trail in Thurston County now without mixing it up with road traffic in downtown Lacey.
The third span in the three-bridge project in Lacey was completed ahead of schedule in December.
The bridge over Pacific Avenue closed the last gap on the rail-trail that rolls from …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/08/bridge-completion-closes-gap-on-chehalis-western-trail-in-lacey/
The global bicycle travels of photographer Paul Jeurissen and writer Grace Johnson are presented in photos in a newly released, free e-book entitled “Bicycling Around the World.”
“Wherever we go, we search out bike culture, dramatic landscapes and remote places,” Grace writes. “By the end of this book, we hope you’ll agree that the world …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2015/01/04/images-from-a-four-continent-bicycle-tour/
Rebuilding a mile-long section of rail-trail destroyed in the deadly Oso landslide last March has been delayed by a year.
[See full map and key by Centennial Trail Coalition of Snohomish County]
Snohomish County officials previously had proposed to begin reconstruction of the damaged section of the Whitehorse Trail by this summer, to encourage more bicyclists, hikers and …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/12/31/repairs-to-whitehorse-trail-landslide-damage-in-oso-delayed-a-year/
A tree that fell during that series of storms that swept through western Washington last month destroyed a bridge on an isolated portion of the Foothills Trail in Pierce County.
The bridge collapse could further complicate plans to close the gap on the so-called “Trail to Nowhere” segment, a 1.2-mile section of the paved Foothills Trail …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2014/12/29/fallen-tree-knocks-down-foothills-trail-bridge-complicates-connection-plans/
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