The U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS) is a proposed national network of bicycle routes that will span multiple states and connect scenic destinations, cities, transportation hubs, and promote tourism, recreation and transportation.
The U. S. Bicycle Route System will knit together and showcase the many trails systems and routes that already exist nationwide and will provide the opportunity for states to collaborate on new bicycle routes, ultimately creating a national network of officially designated routes, supported and maintained by state and local agencies.
This system will connect urban, suburban, and rural areas, making regional connections. For example, it will help cyclists navigate from the blossoming urban networks (that we’re seeing develop across America) through suburban outlays to the surrounding rural areas that are already great areas for riding, touring, and recreating. The USBRS will facilitate travel between communities and to historic and cultural landmarks. It will give people living in more rural areas a way to travel into a nearby urban area by bicycle. And of course, it will facilitate long-distance travel by bicycle — across one’s state or across the country.
Adventure Cycling has provided staff support to the AASHTO (American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials) Task Force on U.S. Bicycle Routes since 2005.
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