Huge new news for the Toledo area bike path network. Local groups have purchased a 11.6 mile rail corridor from Temperance
Michigan through Sylvania, Ohio across the Maumee river and up into
Rossford... including the rail bridge across the Maumee!
It will be when finished the pinnacle of the toledo bike network both
because of the bridge and since it runs north south connecting pretty
much all the E-W bike paths in addition university campuses and
schools. It's going to be awesome. :) Only negative... it's going to
take five years before any of it is open to bikes and 20 years or more
before they get it completely open. The PDF map linked to from the article shows the route:
http://www.tmacog.org/ TransportationMeetings/ Pedestrian_and_Bikeways/ Westside%20Corridor/Map.pdf
from: New Trail Project the Key to Toledo's Transportation Future
The city of Toledo in northern Ohio is on the verge of greatly expanding its transportation capacity, with the recent purchase of an abandoned rail corridor through the city for conversion to rail-trail.
In a series of deals completed late last month, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) arranged the purchase of an 11.6-mile rail corridor from CSX Transportation, Inc. The majority of the funding for the $6.5 million purchase came from federal transportation funds allocated with the support of Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (D-9) in the last highway reauthorization bill (SAFETEA-LU), which passed Congress in 2005. Congresswoman Kaptur was recognized by many involved with the project as being critical to its progress.
Read the whole thing at: New Trail Project the Key to Toledo's Transportation Future
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