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Old 03-17-10, 12:14 PM
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Originally Posted by RazrSkutr
Rails to trails?

Replace one of the most energy-efficient means of long-distance transportation with a friggin bike path?!!

Replace one of the few options to do long-distance travel with bicycles with a strip of tarmac littered with roller-bladers and dog-walkers?

Are you serious?

What a completely negative, backward-looking and stupid idea.
Ahh one of their newest campaigns is having bike trails alongside current rail lines. Their are many aspects of promoting cycling that lets people have their cake and eat it too.
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