The Adventure Cycling Association is working to map out a network of low-traffic bike routes across America. The Association mapped out the network and now has the assistance of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials for a four-year push to put the 50,000 mile route together. With the route in place, it’s now in the hands of individual states to erect sign posts and move the program forward.
An Associated Press story this weekend outlines the details of the planned trail system, and includes details about the planning process.
“Working from a bewildering tangle of existing roads, planners mapped a web of corridors where the national bicycle system should go. They considered traffic volume, terrain, amenities and ways to link together lightly traveled byways, secondary roads, urban trails and already established transcontinental bicycle routes.”
