New York Times Magazine just published its 9th Annual Year in Ideas list, an A to Z compendium of "the most clever, important, silly and just plain weird innovations we carried back from all corners of the thinking world." I was thrilled that they picked up on the U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS), and that it was listed under "B" for bicycle.
However, instead of pitting the U.S. Bicycle Route System against Copenhagen's bike highways, a better match would have been to compare the U.S. Bicycle Route System with Euro Velo, which, like the USBRS, is being created from a mix of roadways and separated bike paths and trails, and is intended to encourage commuting, but also travel.
The U.S. Bicycle Route System is not a local urban network. It's envisioned as the connective tissue between the many different urban, suburban, and rural cycling routes in the U.S. (existing and to be created), and meant to unify these routes into a nationally recognized, signed, bicycle route system.
How will this happen and when? Follow Ginny Sullivan's posts on "Building the U.S. Bicycle Route System" right here on this blog. Learn more right now on in the USBRS FAQs, or, find out how to get involved.
graphic by casey greene/adventure cycling association
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