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Good post, but likely this trail will suffer from the same general issue of the ICC, it's infrastructure in a distant part of the county, not located in an area where there is a high likelihood of biking as transportation. I

I think it was important for the trail to be built, from a complete streets infrastructure standpoint, but you run into the general problem of likelihood of use.

http://www.montgomeryplanning.org/transportation/bikeways/documents/Bike-Heat-Map-2011-08-17.pdf

But that's still no excuse to not build the right connections to neighborhoods. What is potentially won't be achieved without the right connections, except by the hardiest riders.

While not exactly the same context, these plans show a different way, of trails as connectors between neighborhoods and commercial districts and other civic assets:

- also the NW Branch Trail between Rte. 1 and West Hyattsville Metro

- Cynwyd Trail, Lower Merion Township, PA

- Redmond Connector, WA

The Met. Branch does it too, somewhat.

by Richard Layman on Jun 29, 2012 11:36 am • link • report

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