Petition for Multi-Use trails

[prevail24]

On Wednesday, March 24, 2004 there will be a committee meeting to discuss the Prince William County, VA Multi-Use trail Project. This project has been proposed by MORE-MTB.org, running, and equestrian groups. This trail will be a great recreational, educational, and entertaining venture. Similar projects like the Fairfax county trails, the W.O and D, Custis trail, Capital Crescent trail, C & O Cannel, etc. have had great success and are used daily by many people. If you are interested in signing a petition to support this project, go to http://www.petitiononline.com/PWCMT/petition.html

You do not need to live in PWC to support this project.



Pat

[John E]

Multi-use trails have their place, and I do not object to them, as long as they are perceived as supplements, not substitutes, for on-road cycling accommodations. For transportation-oriented and other serious bicyclists, multi-use trails can be more dangerous than the streets.

San Diego County's coastal strip is slowly getting a "rail trail," and the San Diego County Bicycle Coalition is fighting to retain the existing, heavily-used Class II bike lanes and/or shoulders on Pacific Coast Highway "Surf Route" 101, so that vital highway width is not sacrificed for the sake of the multi-use trail. To the extent that it gets child cyclists, joggers, bladers, casual cyclists, and wrong-way cyclists off the Class II bike lanes, the multi-use trail could be a big success.

[prevail24]

This county does pretty well for how redneck they are. The multiuse trail will be more for getting out in the woods, than for transportation. The NoVA area has quite a few rails to trails that are used for commuting. These trails are good for commuting if you use a bell and some brains.