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Tag Archives: trail
Three entry points into the garden of earthly delights
It’s a crowded world out there: the sky above, the ground below, somewhere to go—and to return to—and on this day, the company of one’s shadow: that certain though shifting form born of the sun, the ground, and one’s intervening … Continue reading
Posted in bicycle, Co-Motion tandem, Report from the road, Trek
Tagged bicycle, Co-Motion, gravel, trail, Trek Checkpoint
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Peoria’s first roundabout: in Springdale Cemetery
Welcome to a simple grassway around an elevated circle (made of concrete? Stone?) surrounding an obelisk within Springdale Cemetery. It’s a different sort of traffic circle. No cars, for one. No road signs either—and you can stop wherever you want. … Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, Report from the road
Tagged bicycle, coffee, engineering, infrastructure, Peoria, Rock Island Greenway, Springdale cemetery, trail
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Day 19. 30 Days of Biking
The idea was simple. Use other people’s money to erect two buildings on stilts in the floodplain and encourage out-of-town restaurants to set up shop. And when that didn’t work, city leaders finally decided the buildings had to go. Better … Continue reading
Posted in #30daysofbiking, Bike Friday tikit, Report from the road
Tagged architecture, city planning, demolition, Illinois River, peoria illinois, trail
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Day 25. #30daysofbiking
That’s one reason I call this website 16incheswestofpeoria. Another reason? Calling it bluebobthebellbottomedbananaboy would have been confusing. Today’s ride: On the Rock Island Greenway, just south of Bicycle Safety Town. And back to the shop.
Posted in #30daysofbiking, Bike Friday tikit, Report from the road
Tagged Rock Island Greenway, think small, trail
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Katy, Rock Island, Greenway trails unaffected by Supreme Court rails-to-trails ruling
Rails-to-Trails Conservancy provides list of conditions that protects some rail-to-trail and trail projects against recent court ruling. Continue reading
Posted in Infrastructure, News
Tagged Illinois, Katy Trail, Missouri, path, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, Rock Island Greenway, Rock Island Trail, Supreme Court, trail
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