Category: human powered transportation

No excuse for poor trail infrastructure

Why can the Netherlands support such an incredible biking infrastructure and we (US, UK, Canada, etc. ) can’t? In the latest blog post from David Hembrow (A view from the cycle path: All those myths and excuses…), he doesn’t necessarily answer that question, but he makes the point that it’s time to stop making excuses …

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Relationship between biking, walking, & obesity

There’s yet another study out showing the relationship between active travel (biking & walking to get from here to there) vs. car travel and the relationship to obesity rates. Infographic by The National Building Museum in Washington DC, USA. It’s no surprise that where children utilize human-powered transportation to get to (for example) school as …

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The five newest & coolest forms of human-powered transportation

Elliptigo At trailsnet, we’re all about human-powered transportation, and normally, we highlight the standard fare of biking, hiking, snowshoeing, nordic skiing, inline skating, & horseback riding. But we’re also intrigued by some of the newer forms of sweat-equity transportation; so here’s a list of some cool new ways of getting around while getting in shape: …

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Blumenauer Champions the Importance of Bike Trail Funding

Once again, Representative Blumenauer comes to the rescue of bicyclists and bicycling infrastructure. The world as Senator Tom Coburn would have it. When Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) tried to portray bicycle path signage as “wasteful,” Rep. Blumenauer set him straight with good old fashioned facts and figures. For some reason politicians have no problem with …

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Permanent link to this article: https://trailsnet.com/2010/12/23/blumenauer-champions-the-importance-of-bike-trail-funding/