Category: biking routes

Great Plains Trail Making Great Strides

picture of first Great Plains Trail thru hiker

America’s Newest Long Distance Trail You’ve all heard of the Appalachian Trail, Continental Divide Trail and Pacific Crest Trail. Many of you, however, are aware of America’s latest and greatest long distance trail. The Great Plains Trail plows directly through the heartland of America. Upon completion, the trail will be over 2,200 miles long and …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2018/11/05/great-plains-trail-making-great-strides/

The Netherlands Invests in Cycling Routes

I am constantly amazed by how, when it comes to cycling infrastructure and trail building, the Netherlands and other Scandinavian/European countries seem to “get it.” In the United States, the answer to congestion (and just about everything else) is to just keep throwing money into more highways, more lanes, more polluting, more fossil fuel consumption… …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/03/the-netherlands-invests-in-cycling-routes/