Highway Bill Sends Billions to Bike Trails

AP on Yahoo ^ | 8/11/05 | Emily Johns - AP

[newgeezer]

biker ping

[Rodney King]

The only acceptable reason for an adult to ride a bike is if the adult lives within 10 miles of his place of work and riding the bike let's him beat 45 minutes of gridlock.

Otherwise, riding your bike after you have your dirver's liscense is gay.

[clee1]

Since when is a "bike trail" considered a highway?

[linear]

Who cares? I'm happy to have one less driver on the road. If someone wants to bike, good for them.

[conserv13]

I think its a great idea. As long as they're throwing money around, might as well give some to bike trails. There are a lot of 'rails to trails' projects that take old train lines and convert them to bike paths.

[biblewonk]

Otherwise, riding your bike after you have your dirver's liscense is gay.

No one can be this dumb!

[Irontank]

Can the President and the Congress stop the hypocrisy now and quit pretending that any one of them (with a very few exceptions) cares in the least about the US Constitution and the limits it prescribes on what the federal government can do?

[conserv13]

With gas prices going up and Americans getting fatter, encouraging cycling to work isn't such a bad idea.

[maestro]

?...Highway Bill Sends Billions of Enviornmentalist's...

.....Rabid Wild Wolves back into formerly safe Bike Trails?

[MarkeyD]

Not!

[NYCynic]

Otherwise, riding your bike after you have your dirver's liscense is gay.

Dude how old are you? 12? 13? Grow up.

[newgeezer]

No one can be this dumb!

The spelling error is far from being the dumbest part of that post.

[biblewonk]

--snip-- State transportation officials said the money probably would be earmarked for construction. A mile of bike path in the suburbs can cost from $100,000 to $500,000, but can grow to as much as $1 million in the city because of the high cost of land acquisition.

A mile of new freeway, by comparison, can cost anywhere from $40 million to $75 million, according to the Metropolitan Council.

Very interesting.

By the way only 175 miles to go and my Trek will have 10K miles on it.

[Fog Nozzle]

"We want to figure out how to make these trails useful, not just for fitness but for actual transportation," said Lea Schuster of Transit for Livable Communities in St. Paul.

Perhaps they could be enclosed or relocated underground so they would be useful from mid-October to mid-April.

[RightWhale]

Since when is a "bike trail" considered a highway?

The bicycle nazis would rather the highways be considered bike trails.

[cyborg]

:sigh:

[BubbaBobTX]

Great article....I live in Austin TX and actually purchased my current house because of it's proximity to the Shoal Creek bike trail which connects to the town lake bike trail. I frequently commute the 6.5 miles from my house to downtown....I have been very active in trying to get more trails built in Austin. The city has committed to build a cross town link "The Lance Armstrong Bike way" but much more is needed.

[biblewonk]

The bicycle nazis would rather the highways be considered bike trails.

Too lame for words.

[maestro]

U.S. to become a 3rd world 'biking' China?

China to become automobile heaven.....with cheap gas?

lao-guy.....makes free.....?