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VA State Forests Now Require Permits to Cycle
Beginning January 1, 2010, anyone bicycling or riding horses on trails in any of Virginia’s 19 State Forests is required to have a valid State Forest Use Permit. The permit is required for persons...
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Bikes on Amtrak — Why Such an Ordeal?
Help make Amtrak friendly for travelers with bicycles. Please sign the petition. Dear Amtrak: Cyclists like us want to help you be successful — if you’d only let us! For several years, the Virginia...
View ArticleBlue Ridge Pkwy. Trail Plan Needs Your Comments Now
Update: please attend the public input meeting Thursday, Sept. 1, 3-8pm at the Explore Park Visitors Center Auditorium, Milepost 115 on the Parkway. Also see the discussion at mtbr.com, which includes...
View ArticleBlacksburg 460 Bypass & Southgate (Virginia Tech) Interchange — Public Input...
Sorry for the late notice, but hopefully we can get some bike advocates to this meeting — or at least help spread the word about what’s going on in Blacksburg. Beth Lohman writes: VDOT is hosting a...
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Alexandria Relaxes Sidewalk Cycling Ordinance
Alexandria Times photo. Jonathan Krall writes: “The new bicycle ordinance for Alexandria was approved 7-0! As Mayor Euille said, this was a non-controversial issue that somehow became controversial. As...
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Bike Test on Amtrak’s Capitol Limited
Update: we’re one step closer to roll-on bike service. The Capitol Limited Pulling into Harper’s Ferry Three Virginia Bicycling Federation Board members, Tom Bowden, Matt O’Toole and I were invited to...
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One Step Closer to Roll-On Service on Amtrak
A dream team – Adventure Cycling Association’s Ginny Sullivan, with Tom Bowden (L) & Champe Burnley (R) – on their way to meet with Amtrak at Union Station, Washington DC Following our test on the...
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Roll-On Service Begins on Amtrak’s Capitol Limited; Also to Richmond for the...
Nate Evans (Bike Maryland), Tom Bowden and Champe Burnley (Virginia Bicycling Federation), Caron Whittaker (League of American Bicyclists)), Jeff Miller (Adventure Cycling Assn.), and Linda Boxx...
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Amtrak’s Roll-On Service Expanded Through Virginia
Bicycle roll-on service is now available on these trains. As you probably know by now, we’ve been working with Amtrak to get bike racks on trains in the eastern US. After much testing, they finally...
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Tell Gov. Hogan & MdTA Now: Support Separate Bike-Ped Lanes on the New...
Harry W. Nice Memorial Bridge, Rt. 301 over the Potomac The Maryland Transportation Authority will meet this Thursday, November 21, 9:00 AM, to vote on the design of the proposed Nice-Middleton Bridge...
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