#bikepaths — Public Fediverse posts
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Proving (again) that #Trump is #AntiSolarPunk ! Wow!!!
Do #DEI #BikePaths Exist? The Trump Administration Says Yes.
The administration has revoked funding for #BikePaths, and encouraged removing some. A cycling advocate said it is playing on the idea of “that dork on a bike.”
By Richard Fausset
Visuals by Alex Kent
Aug. 31, 2026Excerpt: "As it is, many American communities, regardless of politics, have embraced #BikeFriendly policies, on the grounds that bikes are good for the planet, for the body, and address congestion by taking cars off the road.
"Often inspired by bike-friendly European cities like Copenhagen and Amsterdam, the moves are a major shift in the way American communities approach transportation planning.
"There are now 4,400 directional miles of protected bike lanes today, up from 108 directional miles in 2000, according to #PeopleForBikes , an industry trade association and advocacy group. (Directional miles are miles that can be traveled in one direction; with a two-way bike lane one mile long counting as two directional miles.)
"The group notes that more than 25,000 miles of #RailBeds have been converted to bike-friendly trails, double what it was two decades ago.
"But the Trump administration is trying to put the brakes on the trend.
In #NashvilleTN, the future of an ambitious series of bike lanes, called the #EastNashvilleSpokes project, is up in the air after the Trump administration froze a $9.3 million grant, prompting a court battle that remains unresolved."
Read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/us/politics/trump-bike-lanes-funding-dei.htmlArchived version:
https://archive.ph/htK6k#USPol #BikeTooter #BikeLanes #TrumpSucks #RailsToTrails #BikeTrails
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Now, if they could build some bike trails between town hall, the sports center, and the proposed economic development area (which is what used to be the town center, but now has empty buildings, which is on a major road, which used to be the old railroad) -- that would be good! As I've mentioned many times, (and as my selectboard neighbor emphasized), it's not safe to bike on the local roads (especially because of speeders and distracted drivers), and folks that ride bicycles should have places to safely ride and get from one place to another!
#BikeTooter #SolarPunkSunday #SmallTownPolitics #MainePol #BikePaths #BikeTrails
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For all those bicyclist voters in #CambridgeMA attached find a useful graphic from Cambridge Bike Safety regarding the candidate's support of safe streets.
Remember, in ranked choice voting it's important to NOT rank any candidate whom you would NOT want to see voted in.
#Bike #BikePaths #BikeSafety #BikeCommuting -
In a #Cleveland suburb, this old #CoalPlant will soon be replaced by a massive #SolarFarm
Inside Climate News
July 26, 2024"#CoalFired power plant that started running more than a century ago is about to get a long-overdue retirement, and its electricity will be replaced by a solar farm and a #BatteryStorage system on an existing #brownfield.
"The project in #PainesvilleOhio, a suburb of Cleveland, is one of about two dozen clean energy and emissions-reduction initiatives across the country that are sharing $4.3 billion in funding announced on Monday by the #BidenAdministration.
"It was a happy day for Doug Lewis, Painesville’s city manager. He and his colleagues have been considering how to close the city-owned power plant and replace it with a cleaner alternative. They also have wanted to redevelop the site of a long-shuttered #chemical factory near the shores of Lake Erie.
"The federal government will now pay about $80 million to install solar and batteries on the former factory land and to beautify the rest of the brownfield by planting a #meadow of #wildflowers and constructing a #BikeTrail. The trail will provide a connection between Painesville and a regional trail that runs along the lake.
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"The solar farm will have capacity of 35 megawatts and the battery storage system will have capacity of 10 megawatts. It will be capable of running for three hours at that level before recharging.
"The new construction will be on land that once was home to the Diamond Shamrock Corp. chemical plant, which operated there from 1912 to 1977 and occupied about 1,100 acres. The plant’s products included baking soda, chromium compounds, and hydrochloric and sulfuric acids.
"Since the site closed, the community and the federal government have gone through the slow and trying process of removing #pollutants to make it site safe for redevelopment.
The current project can serve as a case study for many things, including regional cooperation. Painesville, in Lake County, worked with officials in neighboring Cuyahoga County and the Cleveland city government to file an application with the federal government that included #RenewableEnergy projects for all of them."
#SolarFarms
#RenewablesNow
#RenewableEnergy
#LocalEnergy
#NoNewNukes
#NoNukes #Ohio #Bicycles #BikePaths #GreenSpace #Reclamation #SolarSundays -
Oh, this book ("Off-Street Paved Bike Paths of Oregon" by Rick Bronson) gets better and better! Many of the paths have been extended since publication in the mid-2000s, and quite a few of the trails that were previously only one or two miles are now five to ten miles of 8-foot-wide, paved, mixed-use paths. Just using the book as a starting point, I've already begun building up a Google map with many, many mixed-use trails I didn't know about.#BikeTrails #BikePaths