Bike Trail Argument

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     There are two basic types of motorcycles. One type is made for riding on smooth

For a lot of us, we’ve lost sight of this innate need to explore the unexplored. As work, school, family, social life and everything else that drives our days continues to pull us in every direction, it’s hard to remember the last time we were able to experience something so pure. For Jimmy, he’s managed to marry these stresses into his pride and joy, the Boise Bicycle Project. As Boise’s community-oriented, non-profit promoting the personal, social and environmental benefits of bicycling, BBP functions as “a bicycle recycling center as well as an educational workspace in a diverse and non-threatening atmosphere. Through education and access to affordable refurbished bicycles BBP strives to build a stronger bicycling community.”

It is never easy to do good for the society. It comes with many complications. Money, effort, oppositions. It is never easy and especially to do it in New york city, the centre of all economic opportunities, just makes it even more difficult. It all started in 2006, under the leadership of former mayor, Michael Bloomberg, when “the city planning department conducted a survey of city bicycle commuters and recreational cyclists in 2006”( Lyon 4) to see the feasibility of NYC city bike share program. The main intention or rather the main motive for introducing a bike share program was to “maximise efficiency of existing mass

On Thursday, October 19 8th grade StuCo went on a walk with a mission through our local Monticello Trails. StuCo’s mission on Thursday was to clean up the very messy trails. On these trails there is a long river flowing through out the trails in this area and there are also many neighborhoods on this path.

Migration of humans is not a new concept, from hunter gather tribes, to colonists of the Americas, to those migrating west on the Mormon, Oregon, and California trails. However, the motivations and end goals for those travelling westward differentiated them greatly. For those on the California trail: prosperity. For those heading to Utah on the Mormon trail: religious freedom. In the early republic, with new territory being acquired by the United States westward expansion was driven by population growth and economic opportunity. With cities growing larger, land was growing scarce once again. With the federal government selling land in the newly acquired territory, many took advantage and headed westward. Later on as the country neared the

The Appalachian Trail is a massive walking trail that is said to be roughly 2,150 mile long from end to end (pg. 7). This trail is one of few enormous walking trails in the United States. It runs from Georgia all the way to Maine. People set off to walk this trail every spring. They may walk it straight through or in sections. Many obstacles are involved throughout the trail such as: animals, the weather, diseases, and even plants can be a danger as Bryson states multiple times throughout his book. People walk these trails to get a sense of nature that one would not normally feel on a regular daily basis elsewhere. The problem with this is that it creates a division between us and nature. We now have to go out and find nature rather than living

During the “backpacking boom” of the 1970s when there was a growing understanding about the natural environment beginning to be consumed at what had appeared to be an alarming rate, many groups of people began to take on the trail for long periods of time. (Cosmo) Trails that were previously only visited by few people because very well known locations. During this time, there was very little maintainance of the trails and even less education of visitors. People were hiking merely to take a break from the world around them. “What was once an experience where solitude was virtually guaranteed, became more and more a social event as more and more of us tried to.” (Cosmo) After some time, many hikers and trail managers grew concerned about the future of the trail and began trying to accommodate the growing number of hikers, while also protecting the Trails natural environment. After starting to upgrade popular campsites and trails to make them more durable, most hikers began to gain knowledge about how to take care of the trails while enjoying them. “Since the 1980’s the AT has been managed so that ‘Hiker regulations will be kept as unrestrictive as possible, and should be developed only to the extent they are proven necessary to protect the physical trail, its environment, and the interests of adjacent landowners.’ (from the Appalachian Trail Comprehensive Plan, 1981)”

We see off road vehicles all over the place, but the one are that is impacted the most, is the desert. With places like Glamis, Ocotillo Wells, Dumont Dunes and Johnson Valley, we see some major destruction to the desert. Even though off road vehicles are permitted in these areas, many people still take their vehicles off designated trails and roadways. “Off-road vehicles, when used irresponsibly, can cause irreparable damage to desert habitats,” (national geographic). Many may still believe that off

Riker’s island is alleged named after Dutch pioneer Abraham Rycken, who moved to Long Island in 1638 and whose relatives claimed Rikers Island until 1884, when it was vended to the city for $180,000. The island was utilized as a military preparing ground amid the Civil War. The Department of Corrections is an agency that is in charge of the supervision and administration of indicted detainees. The city communicated a craving to open a correctional facility for men on Rikers Island as right on time as 1925, with a specific end goal to supplant their overburdened and incapacitated prison on Welfare Island, now Roosevelt Island. The island is incorporate with numerous facilities, Rose M. Singer Center (RMSC), Eric M. Taylor Center (EMTC,

Don Churchill is in the business of building cowboys and cowgirls out of people with intellectual disabilities. It is a labor of love that began when Don and his wife Denise worked on the executive staff at Down Home Ranch outside of Elgin.

America today has become an unhealthy nation and the disconnect from nature can be at blame. In the book the women states to Bill, “She said you guys were a couple of overweight wimps who didn't know the first thing about hiking and that she was tired of carrying you." (Bryson) From this quote it can be understood that many of us would like to think of American’s as dumb and fat. Nature needs to be reestablished as part of out lifestyle in order to create healthier living. Going for a walk on a trail, paddling a canoe, going bird watching or even finishing is not part of the American lifestyle any longer. For many on weekends as Americans the choice of watching television would come before camping for the weekend. Being outdoors can inspire

From athletes to parents and other members of the Medomak community, everyone enjoys the Neil Lash Nature Trail. Used extensively by the high school and middle school cross country teams for practice, as well as their race track for meets, the Medomak Valley nature trail is used and enjoyed by all. It is a common sight for a runner to pass a group of young kids enjoying the outdoors, or to see people young and old enjoying a pleasant walk on the ADA compliant trail. The trail was completed in 2011. The Neil Lash Nature Trail is named after a wonderful teacher at MVHS who invested and has continued to maintain and develop this pristine and scenic trail. The nature trail is just one of many ways that MVHS is embracing the outdoors. The newly

In an effort to promote safe areas for bicyclists and fitness, there has been a movement to revitalize abandoned rail lines into rail trails. Pennsylvania has a deep history of railroading and these historic lines provide excellent opportunities for development of trails.

I have come to love bicycles in the course of the past year. I am especially fond of mountain bikes, including my own. Riding it opens up a whole new world of opportunities and challenges for me. I am still fairly fresh to the whole mountain biking scene, so I push myself to become better with more experience. Riding is an outlet; it is something I can channel pent up energy through. I love the sport because it is a full body, soul, and mind experience that affects all five of the senses.