The Mississippi River Trail is eventually going to be one of the greatest inter-city bike trails in the country. We owe it to ourselves to play an active role in getting the Missouri section of it in place as soon as we can. There's federal money available and a long range plan,
http://www.nps.gov/miss/mrt.htm
There's a conservancy of sorts,
http://www.mississippirivertrail.org/index.html
But we ought to be using MoBikeFed, Trailnet, and the Great Rivers Greenway to really pull together something in St. Louis City, St. Charles, and Jefferson County. A large portion of it in our region is along the river ring, so this will eventually be a part of our bigger plans. Check out the map,
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Minneapolis recently stole the "Best American Bike City" crown from Portland. It is in their interest to see their section of the trail get built. If we can pull some of their bike culture down towards us, all the better. The Quad Cities, Memphis, and New Orleans have strong cultural connections to us as well though, and it would be great if we could work with them as a coalition to pull together some improvements for all of our riverfronts.
I've blogged on the kind of things St. Louis needs to do with the Mississippi,
http://stlelsewhere.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... river.html
It could alter the way people live in Jefferson County,
http://kingsbikeway.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... ounty.html
It could be coupled with expanded signage and branding along the Avenue of the Saints,
http://www.avenueofthesaints.com/
There's no reason why the Avenue of the Saints couldn't be blended with I-55 or some other south heading road towards NOLA. Seriously what's the name of the New Orleans football team again?
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http://www.nps.gov/miss/mrt.htm
There's a conservancy of sorts,
http://www.mississippirivertrail.org/index.html
But we ought to be using MoBikeFed, Trailnet, and the Great Rivers Greenway to really pull together something in St. Louis City, St. Charles, and Jefferson County. A large portion of it in our region is along the river ring, so this will eventually be a part of our bigger plans. Check out the map,
Minneapolis recently stole the "Best American Bike City" crown from Portland. It is in their interest to see their section of the trail get built. If we can pull some of their bike culture down towards us, all the better. The Quad Cities, Memphis, and New Orleans have strong cultural connections to us as well though, and it would be great if we could work with them as a coalition to pull together some improvements for all of our riverfronts.
I've blogged on the kind of things St. Louis needs to do with the Mississippi,
http://stlelsewhere.blogspot.com/2009/0 ... river.html
It could alter the way people live in Jefferson County,
http://kingsbikeway.blogspot.com/2010/0 ... ounty.html
It could be coupled with expanded signage and branding along the Avenue of the Saints,
http://www.avenueofthesaints.com/
There's no reason why the Avenue of the Saints couldn't be blended with I-55 or some other south heading road towards NOLA. Seriously what's the name of the New Orleans football team again?
