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The BayTrail is a similar project for San Francisco Bay area: http://baytrail.org/baytrailmap.html http://baytrail.org/baytrailmap.html Around the US there are
by rz2k 9y ago
The BayTrail is a similar project for San Francisco Bay area: http://baytrail.org/baytrailmap.html http://baytrail.org/baytrailmap.html
Around the US there are tens of thousands of miles of trails that have been converted from railways. Rails-to-Trails is one nonprofit that focuses on converting unused railways: https://www.railstotrails.org/about/about-us/ https://www.railstotrails.org/about/about-us/
- pacaro 9y agoRails to trails has occasionally happened on an ad hoc basis in the U.K. too. When Beeching's axe fell [1] at least some were converted. I used to cycle from Fareham to Gosport largely along one, the main challenge being that the other path users included a significant population of enthusiastic bottle smashers, so changing tubes became a fine art. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beeching_cuts
- JoeAltmaier 9y agoYeah, built but not maintained. Here in Iowa some arteries get some funding but the spurs have grown over. They are full of gopher holes and trees grow through the path now. Some get occasionally mowed; others have eroded away. It was an enthusiastic surge of conversion 15 years ago, but with no revenue (no road tax for bikes) who pays for patching, grading, mowing?
- jschwartzi 9y agoI think you'd be surprised how many cyclists also own(and pay taxes on) a car.
- JoeAltmaier 9y ago...which are used to maintain roads. Here in Iowa, they only pay half of what it takes to maintain the roads. Nothing left over. So bike paths are under 'parks and recreation' sadly.