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Dismay, or just disappointment is what I feel every know and then for my good old KY. Blasphemous Bicycler (I love that new font thing.) gives us a brief report that his locale will be getting another 11m of rail-to-trail. BTW, you should read the comments b/c it can be a learning opportunity. Apparently, PA has several RtTs, but KY has almost none. Apparently, PA RtTs have "amish apples" on them. Those of KY don't b/c there aren't enough trails to find the Amish.

I don't know. They've proposed a big Lexington-Ashland trail- a 125m one (I just made that number up) and I don't think it's going anywhere. KY is so lame sometimes.
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Anonymous said…
The LuvDogg sayeth...

I certainly agree that Kentucky has been slow with RtT conversion. However, with the increased costs of petrol-based transportation, I'm wondering whether we won't need our rails in the near future. Yes, it would be nice to put in new state of the art rail systems and turn the old ones to trails, but I have a feeling we'll end up relying on retrofits in the state.

Still hoping for a Nashvegas to Louisville train...

The LuvDogg
1:22 PM
Anonymous said…
I had to zoom out quite a ways on that map to figure out where in PA it was... I don't know how jealous you should be. While I'm all for turning old, unused rail lines into trails, I prefer the ones that are somewhere near cities or towns where people might actually ride on them. The Louisville waterfront is a great example, as is the new Schuylkill River Park in Philly. Expending a lot of taxpayer money to put in a special trail in an area with little population and not much in the way of tourism seems not to be the best use of funds, IMHO. And looking at that part of PA, it's pretty isolated.
--Laura
8:09 PM
LvilleTex said…
Hmmm,2 posts from smart people who are not cyclists. as to the usefulness, I only speak to the fact that it'll be multi-use path that you can use without being assaulted by rednecks in big trucks. I do doubt that it goes anywhere, but you both don't seem to value that aspect. LuvDogg, I'm sure your interest is functional and resource-specific. Laura, the prob is that rail lines near cities cost MUCH more and are probably gobbled up by developers with more in-pocket loot. It's more a vertical park for the residents of fair Lewisburg. They deserve that.
8:27 PM
Bone said…
Anonymous,
The number of cyclists in that remote area is astonishingly large because of the huge population of Mennonites who don't believe in cars.

Lewisburg is also a college town that does a reasonable tourist business due to it's picturesque main street.

I'm not sure why it's a waste to build bike facilities in rural any more than it's a waste to build roads and bridges for cars.
8:28 PM
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