There’s some good news for mountain bikers seeking better access to the more than 9 miles of trails in Grand Ridge Park near Issaquah.
King County Parks is getting public comment about a new parking lot to served the 1,800 acres of wildland in the Grand Ridge Park and adjoining Mitchell Hill Forest.
Presently, parking is available at either end of the Issaquah Preston Trail — at High Point Way to the east and Sunset Way in Issaquah to the west. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/09/15/bicycle-trail-news-grand-ridge-park-near-issaquah/
The last gaps in the gem of a bicycle trail in Snohomish County are expected to be filled by late fall.
When finished, the Centennial Trail will stretch all the way from the town of Snohomish to the Skagit County line, a distance of some 29 miles. (See Map.)
I happened to visit the trail …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/07/02/fall-completion-set-for-centennial-trail-for-29-miles-of-traffic-free-biking-in-snohomish-county/
The Sammamish River Trail in Redmond, pictured at left last fall, leads a list of 20 best bicycle paths in western states chosen by Sunset magazine.
Also on the list from Washington state are No. 8 Spokane River Centennial Trail in Spokane and No. 19 Burke Gilman Trail in Seattle.
California led the list with 7 bicycle paths (see below).
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/07/magazine-picks-20-best-bike-paths-3-are-in-washington-state/
Public officials are looking for some input on mountain biking trails in Kirkland and the Spruce Railroad Trail over on the Olympic Peninsula.
Remember, if you don’t speak up now, you don’t really have a right to grouse later.
Big Finn Hill
At left is a bridge over Denny Creek in Big Finn Hill Park. It was funded and built by the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance in cooperation with neighbors and the King County parks department….
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/06/05/trail-news-comments-sought-on-big-finn-hill-in-kirkland-and-olympic-peninsulas-spruce-railroad/
Time for some good news and bad news updates on a couple of King County bike trails.
Good news: The King County Flood Control District has allocated money to remove sandbags from the bike trail atop the Green River levee in Tukwila and Kent.
Bad news: A 2.2-mile stretch of East Lake Sammamish Trail is closed for up to a year for paving and other work just north of Issaquah. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/30/nw-bike-trails-news-east-lake-sammamish-and-green-river/
Michigan is fast becoming a major destination for bicycle touring, and one of its major draws is its wide-ranging network of rails-to-trails.
Abandoned and out-of-service railroad corridors criss-cross the state, and local governments and “friends of the trail” groups are transforming these into paved and gravel trails for bikes and other non-motorized users.
In fact, Michigan leads the nation in upgrading railroad corridors into bike trails. Its 126 rails-to-trails stretch for 2,379 miles around the state …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/05/08/top-10-rails-to-trails-states-michigan-is-no-1/
Whenever I used to come across a bollard in a bike trail, I’d get the righteous feeling of ownership that this was my trail; cars cannot get in.
Now I worry that a bicyclist might hit the bollard and suffer an injury. Are bollards safe?
Not always. Experienced bicyclist Giuseppe Maino, 53, died from injuries he suffered when he struck a bollard on the Richland B&O trail in Bellville, Ohio, this week.
Maino was riding at the rear of a group of cyclists …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/04/27/are-bike-path-bollards-an-unnecessary-hazard/
It seems almost too good to be true for Seattle area bicyclists. The new Highway 520 bridge across Lake Washington will have bicycle and pedestrians lanes. These artists’ renderings prove it.
The Washington Department of Transportation posted the future views of the bridge at its flickr.com account last week.
Although I knew that advocates from Cascade Bicycle Club and the Bicycle Alliance of Washington pushed for a bike trail on the new bridge, seeing these views somehow makes it all the more real.
Now all we have to do is wait …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/03/29/images-of-future-hwy-520-bike-trail-over-lake-washington/
Corporate sponsorships of biking and hiking trails may soon be a sign of the times in Florida.
The weak economy coupled with the reluctance to raise taxes to pay for public services has prompted Florida legislators to approve corporate sponsorships for trails in the sunshine state.
The bill — SB 268 — is sitting on the desk of Florida Gov. Rick Scott.
The bill enables sponsors to place one 16-square-foot sign in the parking lot or at the trailhead of the trail …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/03/19/this-bicycle-trail-sponsored-by/
The official grand reopening of the Burke Gilman Trail through Lake Forest Park will be celebrated on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and a bike ride.
A 2-mile section of the trail was closed between Log Boom Park and 145th Street for about 8 months. It reopened to positive reviews in mid-February.
Work crews contracted by King County widened the trail to 12 feet, improved sight lines, repaved the cracked surface and replaced a series of stop signs with yield signs.
The official reopening is scheduled for 4 to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.bikingbis.com/2012/03/12/celebrate-reopening-of-burke-gilman-trail-on-tuesday/
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