Articles written by Tracy Stout

Tracy Stout|Updated Nov 26, 2013

When I first heard of a paved path in the forest I was against it. I thought that people should get on a mountain bike and use the existing dirt roads. I thought of it as a scar on the land. However, when I queried the local people, they were almost universally in favor of a paved path. I have researched and found these benefits of shared-use connector trails: connecting neighborhoods to schools; bringing people to commercial areas from residential areas in a healthy way with the benefit of expanding local business. A paved... Full story