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03-06-2005, 04:48 PM

RonSonic wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:11:30 -0500, "Matt O'Toole" <matt@deltanet.com>
> wrote:
>
>> dennis lawson wrote:
>>
>>> "Ken Marcet" <kcmarcet@hotpop.com> wrote in message
>>> news:38ob22F5ol10aU1@individual.net...
>>
>>>> Interesting little bit. U.K. could convert some old rail routes and
>>>> canals into bike routes.
>>>> Makes me wonder how many unused rail routes are here in the U.S.
>>>> that could
>>>> be easily converted into bike routes.
>>>> http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_a....php?aID=30247
>>>
>>> There will be more bike routes than car routes in the UK by 2020,
>>> other sites you may be interested in
>>>
>>> http://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/
>>> http://homepages.tesco.net/~c2c/
>>> http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/
>>>
>>> The National Lottery is currently investing £20 Billion ($38
>>> Billion) in building new off-road bike routes.
>>
>> Wow. We'd be lucky to get a tenth that much nationally, and we're
>> six times your population and many more times the land area!
>
> I've got trailheads for about 200 miles of paved and unpaved bike
> trail within 20 miles of me. Probably another few hundred miles
> within 50 miles of me. That's in Tampa. Where ever do you live that
> you've got such a pessimistic outlook on the subject?

That's not pessimistic, it's what's actually being spent by the Feds. In fact
they just demanded all the unspent money back:

http://www.railtrails.org/whatwedo/p...rescission.asp

Can't afford no bah-sickles this year. People wanna ride bah-sickles, let 'em
pay for 'em their selves!

We do have some nice rail-trails around here, with more on the way. Where you
and I live we're blessed. But some places have none, and horrible roads to
boot -- take Myrtle Beach, for example.

Matt O.

03-06-2005, 04:48 PM	#20 (permalink)
Matt O'Toole Posts: n/a	Re: Old rail routes and canals to be used RonSonic wrote: > On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:11:30 -0500, "Matt O'Toole" <matt@deltanet.com> > wrote: > >> dennis lawson wrote: >> >>> "Ken Marcet" <kcmarcet@hotpop.com> wrote in message >>> news:38ob22F5ol10aU1@individual.net... >> >>>> Interesting little bit. U.K. could convert some old rail routes and >>>> canals into bike routes. >>>> Makes me wonder how many unused rail routes are here in the U.S. >>>> that could >>>> be easily converted into bike routes. >>>> http://www.shropshirestar.com/show_a....php?aID=30247 >>> >>> There will be more bike routes than car routes in the UK by 2020, >>> other sites you may be interested in >>> >>> http://www.transpenninetrail.org.uk/ >>> http://homepages.tesco.net/~c2c/ >>> http://www.c2c-guide.co.uk/ >>> >>> The National Lottery is currently investing £20 Billion ($38 >>> Billion) in building new off-road bike routes. >> >> Wow. We'd be lucky to get a tenth that much nationally, and we're >> six times your population and many more times the land area! > > I've got trailheads for about 200 miles of paved and unpaved bike > trail within 20 miles of me. Probably another few hundred miles > within 50 miles of me. That's in Tampa. Where ever do you live that > you've got such a pessimistic outlook on the subject? That's not pessimistic, it's what's actually being spent by the Feds. In fact they just demanded all the unspent money back: http://www.railtrails.org/whatwedo/p...rescission.asp Can't afford no bah-sickles this year. People wanna ride bah-sickles, let 'em pay for 'em their selves! We do have some nice rail-trails around here, with more on the way. Where you and I live we're blessed. But some places have none, and horrible roads to boot -- take Myrtle Beach, for example. Matt O.