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Trends, Trails, and Techniques
Learn how to be successful in your bicycle tourism initiatives.
Presenters: Laura Crawford, Bike Tourism Specialist, The Path Less Pedaled; Russ Roca, Bike Tourism Specialist, The Path Less Pedaled; Saara Snow, Travel Initiatives Coordinator, Adventure Cycling Assoc.; Alexandra Philips, Bicycle Recreation Specialist, Oregon Parks and Recreation Dept.
Traveling by bicycle is growing in popularity across the US and the demand for bicycling destinations is creating unique opportunities for communities and parks. Learn how to be successful in your Bicycle Tourism initiatives. Adventure Cycling Association provides a national overview of bicycle travel trends, The Path Less Pedaled shares case studies of successful bicycling destinations, and Oregon State Parks presents improvements to their hiker/biker campsites and examples of bicycle-friendly park enhancements that encourage bicycle tourism.
View Oregon State Parks Presentation Online
View Adventure Cycling Association Presentation Online
Everything you need to know about the positive impact of trails on health, environment, economics, and more.
Deciding on Trails: 7 Practices of Healthy Trail Towns
A book review of Amy Camp's 2020 book of ideas to help fulfill dreams of developing a trail town program.
Five Iconic Trails Under 50 Miles
A trail need not be over 100 miles in length to become a travel destination. Plenty of people desire shorter trail experiences and are willing to design a trip around them just the same.
Assessment of the Effects of Mountain Biking
The purpose of this co-learning plan was to identify the relationships that have added to the development of the sport of mountain biking as an ecotourism economy in the Marquette area.