The East Coast Greenway is the nation’s most ambitious long-distance urban greenway trail project. The Greenway system includes a 3000-mile spine trail stretching between Calais, Maine and Key West, Florida, passing through 15 states and the District of Columbia and linking 25 major eastern seaboard cities. It will be complemented by a series of alternate routes totaling another 1500 miles. Our vision is for a 100% off-road trail that is safe and inviting for people of all abilities and ages to enjoy. Currently the spine route is 21% off-road. ECG is one of the 16 national trails designated a National Millennium Trail in 1999. Please visit our web site at www.greenway.org for more information about the Greenway and Alliance. [continue reading…]
Last week President Obama signed the Public Lands Omnibus Management Act into law. While some mountain bikers around the US may lose trails, for the most part mountain bikers will benefit from this broad-scoped piece of legislation. Most notable for Virginians is the inclusion of the The Virginia Ridge and Valley Act, which preserves mountain bike access in over 10,000 acres of National Scenic Area, and stipulates reconstruction of a critical bicycling trail.
Virginia mountain bike advocates played a key role in crafting this legislation, helping to come up with creative solutions for responsible use of natural resources. Many thanks to our own Chris Scott, and IMBA, for their hard work on this important piece of legislation.
Norfolk’s police chief has ordered his officers to stop seizing unregistered bicycles, after a NewsChannel 3 investigation showed the little-known law was being enforced almost exclusively in low income neighborhoods.
Bike registration laws such as Norfolk’s are supposedly to target bike-riding thieves, drug dealers, and unruly drunks riding between house parties. But such laws leave too much room for pretextual stops and selective enforcement, raising questions of biased policing and racial profiling.
As the New York Times Cityroom reports today, there’s a strong link between alcohol and cycling deaths. Autopsies of bike accident victims in New York City have shown that about 21 percent had been drinking, according to a study published in the April edition of Traffic Injury Prevention. Studies from other cities have shown similar patterns. Maybe it’s time for a series of “friends don’t let friends bike drunk” campaigns!
River Laker, aka CarLessBrit, sold his Volvo for the purpose of living six months car-free in Roanoke. He’s been been chronicling his adventure in words and video with his CarLessBrit blog, along with Facebook, Twitter, and Vimeo. Join CarLessBrit at his CarLessRoanoke Party to promote car-free living, April 14, 6-8pm, and the Roanoke Main Library.
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