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OK, I see all the posts about Rockville being a "small town" have been deleted. That said, it's still not a small town. The things that work in Rockville will not work in a small town. For example,hardly any small town will be able to afford to hire " a full-time pedestrian and bicycle coordinator" (from the link). It (the town) won't have the tax base for that.
And big whoop that it has "34.3 miles of separated bikeways". MY suburban CITY, with roughly 1/3 the population of Rockville, has almost as many, 26 miles. Trails
Are the trails for recreation or transportation? Many times trails do not connect you to places you need to go whereas it looks like Rockville is connecting residential and commercial for "practical" biking. There is a big difference in my book.
Lots of cities have tons of recreational trails but if you wanted to bike to the library or the grocery store, good luck.
And big whoop that it has "34.3 miles of separated bikeways". MY suburban CITY, with roughly 1/3 the population of Rockville, has almost as many, 26 miles. Trails
I'm not used to seeing many bike paths in suburban cities so both sound like a big deal, though as jade said paths for recreation may not be useful for transportation. Doubt the author is familiar with anyplace that does that many bikepaths, I can't think of any place I know that does in the Northeast.
Are the trails for recreation or transportation? Many times trails do not connect you to places you need to go whereas it looks like Rockville is connecting residential and commercial for "practical" biking. There is a big difference in my book.
Lots of cities have tons of recreational trails but if you wanted to bike to the library or the grocery store, good luck.
No, they're all "just" recreational, totally impractical! And those people in the pictures in the Rockville article all looked like they were going to work, or grocery shopping, or to the mall, not!
Sheesh! Rockville isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before. Here's a map of Louisville's trails. You can decide if they "practical" or not. Trails
Click on trail map. The trails connect the parks, and go all over town, including to/close to all the schools, except for downtown. A lot of people bike on the streets downtown.
You can click on some of the other links and get a feel for some other trails in Boulder County, which is about 1/3 the size of big, rich Montgomery County, MD.
No, they're all "just" recreational, totally impractical! And those people in the pictures in the Rockville article all looked like they were going to work, or grocery shopping, or to the mall, not!
Sheesh! Rockville isn't doing anything that hasn't been done before. Here's a map of Louisville's trails. You can decide if they "practical" or not. Trails
Click on trail map. The trails connect the parks, and go all over town, including to/close to all the schools, except for downtown. A lot of people bike on the streets downtown.
You can click on some of the other links and get a feel for some other trails in Boulder County, which is about 1/3 the size of big, rich Montgomery County, MD.
Of course adding bike paths isn't "unique." But if more and more towns, cities, suburbs whatever are creating net new infrastructure. Especially of the practical variety, then bicycling might be a bonafide trend and people are taking it seriously as an option for transportation
Of course adding bike paths isn't "unique." But if more and more towns, cities, suburbs whatever are creating net new infrastructure. Especially of the practical variety, then bicycling might be a bonafide trend and people are taking it seriously as an option for transportation
That was not the point you were making though with your questioning the utility of Louisville's trails.
That was not the point you were making though with your questioning the utility of Louisville's trails.
Utility is a key component. It sounded like Rockville was working on utility ;adding cross town routes). You are the expert in Louisville. In case it was implied, for the purposes of this thread, utility is key or I would have put it in cycling.
Utility is a key component. It sounded like Rockville was working on utility ;adding cross town routes). You are the expert in Louisville. In case it was implied, for the purposes of this thread, utility is key or I would have put it in cycling.
It is good to see more and more towns and cities creating bike lanes and trails for commuter uses rather than just for recreational purposes. That is the important factor that we need more of in the US.
Two of the three local bike paths still have snow on them (the third is plowed by my town). Hopefully in a week it will melt, this is latest I can remember the snow lingering.
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