Category: Bike trails
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy continues adding bicycle trails to its Hall of Fame. The latest is the Pinellas Trail, which runs 34 miles from Tarpon Springs to South St. Petersburg in Florida.
A bike path in sunny Florida is certainly something to dream about for someone who lives in the Pacific Northwest. But according to the conservancy, this trail has more going for it than the weather.
The trail passes through parks populated by waterfowl and trees heavy with Spanish moss. It parallels the Gulf Coast and crosses several tidal waterways…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/10/06/floridas-pinellas-trail-added-to-hall-of-fame/
A newly opened pedestrian bridge in the Salt Lake Valley will enable cyclists to cross between two bike trails that had been separated by a six-lane Interstate 215 in Utah.
The 280-foot steel-truss bike and hike bridge was opened Friday. Costing $3.5 million, it connects the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in the east to the Jordan River Trail to the west over Parley's Trail.
Known as Parley's Crossing, it was originally envisioned as a tunnel under the freeway. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/21/a-bridge-for-bicycle-riders-in-salt-lake-county/
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It seems fitting that the 225-mile Katy Trail in Missouri should be named to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame during the same year as the inaugural run of the Tour of Missouri bicycle race.
The crushed limestone bike and hike trail stretches nearly across the state, between St. Charles, on the outskirts of St. Louis, to Clinton in the west. It's used by local recreational cyclists to stretch their legs or touring bicyclists who jump off the trail to taste the local culture along the way.
The Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has begun honoring the best 25 bike and hike trails in the US, a five-year task …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/09/16/missouris-katy-trail-named-to-hall-of-fame/
It will be lung power vs. coal power when the Western Maryland Wheelmen challenge the Western Maryland Scenic Railroad's Mountain Thunder on Oct. 13.
The 16-mile race from the Cumberland to Frostburg train stations pits man and machine on the Allegheny Highlands trail and the adjacent tracks of the scenic railroad. Along the way, the route gains 1,300 feet of elevation.
While the bicycle races will be struggling up the grade under their own power, they have an advantage in knowing that the locomotive will pulling 8 or 9 railroad cars filled with passengers and cannnot exceed 20 mph…
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/25/legs-of-steel-vs-iron-horse-in-maryland-bike-race/
I was rewarded with a quite a shock recently when I stumbled across the Preston-Snoqualimie bike trail while bicycling in eastern King County.
On bicycle maps, the trail looks like it doesn't go anywhere, ending at a dead end in the forest. But that dead end affords a spectacular view across the Snoqualmie Valley to Snoqualmie Falls and the Salish Lodge against the backdrop of Mount Si.
The 5-mile rail-to-trail is part of the old Seattle, Lake Shore and Eastern Railroad. It was built in 1890 and abandoned in 1974. I encountered as many day hikers as cyclists on this trail. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/23/the-surprise-on-the-preston-snoqualmie-bike-trail/
East Lake Sammamish TrailRegional bike trails in Seattle's King County won big in measures on Tuesday's ballot.
Two propositions to raise $108.5 million each over six years for maintenance and expansion of parks and regional trails won easily.
The East Lake Sammamish River Trail will be one of the big benefactors of the funding. The 11-mile chipped limestone rail-to-trail project that opened in March 2006 connects Redmond and Issaquah. It will be upgraded and paved …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/22/king-county-wa-voters-support-bike-trails/
The province of Quebec is opening the longest network of bicycle paths in North America with the ribbon-cutting of La Route Verte this month.
Under development since 1995, the Green Route stretches from one end of the French-speaking province to the other. It encompasses 2,695 miles of bike lanes, trails, and abandoned railway right-of-ways that touch 320 towns and cities.
Bicycle tourists can take short tours from base cities, or do the entire route from the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region in the west to the spectacular Gaspe Peninsula in the east. The route brushes the US for access from New York, Vermont and Maine….
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/08/03/la-route-verte-bike-path-network-opens-in-quebec/
Lake Forest Park, a town just north of Seattle, has been informed that it can't block needed improvements to the popular Burke-Gilman bike trail.
The Central Puget Sound Growth Management Hearings Board, siding with the Cascade Bicycle Club, ruled this week that the bike trail is “an essential regional public facility” and Lake Forest Park can't pass a law that would block improvements on it.
This is great news for the more than 1,000 cyclists who use the trail that runs from the Ballard Locks on Puget Sound to the Sammamish Trail in Redmond, some 27 miles away. The county plans to widen the trail to 18 feet, from its present 10 feet, to make it safer for cyclists and pedestrians …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/07/26/cyclists-win-round-in-lake-forest-park-bike-trail-controversy/
Pinch me; I must be dreaming.
The East Coast Greenway Alliance has a job opening for a bicyclist to field-check the 1,250-mile route from Calais, Maine, to Washington DC this summer.
The candidate must have road bicycle experience and be prepared to ride 40 to 50 miles a day while collecting data. The route-checker will spend several days at a time travelling the route and can expect to camp or use hostels to get the most out of the fixed stipend. …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/06/09/get-paid-for-bicycle-touring-the-east-coast-this-summer/
“I’ve ridden bicycles for years and have been taken off Route 1 once in a helicopter and twice in ambulances as a result of biking accidents with vehicles.”
Delaware Environmental Control Secretary John Hughes …
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Permanent link to this article: https://www.bikingbis.com/2007/06/05/bicycle-quote-bike-trail-avoids-route-1-in-delaware/
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