Originally Posted by DrIsotope

At the northern terminus, the trail is just <gone> from E St. to Mt. Vernon Ave in San Bernardino. Repairs slated to be completed in June, but who knows.

With the corona-related closures, Ryan Bonaminio Park and Mt. Rubidoux in Riverside are both closed (probably the most popular start point for people doing out-and-backs on the trial in the Inland Empire.

So the number of cyclists/runners on the SART has dropped dramatically, to the point where nature is trying to reclaim the trail in some places-- after just a month.

With the diminished trail use and what appears to be complete cessation of maintenance, the homeless population along the trail has increased noticeably.

Just east of Van Buren Ave in Riverside, there is a medieval town sized homeless encampment in the river basin. Luckily, the trail this far east sits atop a quite narrow levee, so the tent cities are down in the flood plain.