Some of us here in Bacon Strip Land are discovering how fun it can be to do mixed road, dirt-road, trail, breakfast, camping riding on a bike. Well wouldn’t it be cool if someone was working on a project to get from Pyramid to Tahoe by bike (as opposed to the J.R. route down Grey’s creek or something…)?
Here’s the text of an article printed today in the RGJ:
Landowners want protections before bikeway moves ahead
ASSOCIATED PRESSPosted: 3/14/2007
Advocates of a bikeway that will eventually stretch from Lake Tahoe to Pyramid Lake asked Nevada legislators Tuesday to help them get rid of one big obstacle: landowner fear of lawsuits.
Advocates urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to pass Senate Bill 132, which would protect landowners from lawsuits that could be brought by trail users.
The bill also would force plaintiffs who unsuccessfully sue landowners or trail-building organizations to pay the other side’s legal fees.
Debbie Shosteck, a lawyer for a group pushing for a Tahoe-Pyramid Bikeway, said the Union Pacific Railroad and other landowners along the route are worried they’d be sued by people using trails near their lands.
That could cost them money even if they’re on the right side of the law, Shosteck said.
“They say even if the recreational use statute protects us, we’re still going to get sued, and we’re going to defend that suit,” said Shosteck.
Removing landowners’ fears of being sued would help advocates negotiate public access to those lands, Shosteck said.
Even with this change, advocates say a completed bike
trail could be years or decades away.
Carrie Sandstedt, director of the Nevada Responsible Trails Alliance, supported the bill but asked for amendments to remove language that exempts trail-building organizations from doing trail maintenance.
“It is not good public policy to create a trail and not maintain it,” Sandstedt said. “You would not build a highway and not maintain it. Trails that are legally constructed should also be maintained and not left to degrade and become potentially hazardous.”
What an awesome trail this will be when it’s done! Going to be an awesome bike camping route. Thanks Carrie!
-M
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There’s a bike trail in sacramento that goes from old sac to folsom…about 24 miles and pretty damn cool minus the thick air, sounds like this might be a wee bit longer! Kudos to Carrie! I’ll be down to ride it if I’m still alive!!! Wha?
I’m tripin out to the Mt shasta area this weekend for some mtbin in Redding and some bug-eyed white water kayakin in Dunsmir with an old roomie of mine…this guy’s a funjunkie too. Should be a good trip minus the poisonous oak leaves, baby rattle snakes (might be to early for that), and the 100000 degree temps in Redding. It’ll be nice to get back up the hill to shasta. Might even boot-hike not pack to the snow line and then skin up too the lamerian hide out and ski with some white robes, kill some goats, and drink blood…I hear it’s customary!
It’s like ridin on marbles in peavine…still fun though!
-N
Hey Carebear you should post here, since you are probably a better cyclist than me (and better than half of the goobers that post here). Or maybe you do and I don’t know your handle.
Different Carrie, but I’ve told her that.
-M
this is good. i’d put my $$ behind this project and certainly ride it bunch. with a little route finding and boot packing, alot of it sorta goes already, but that’s enough to keep 98% of potential riders from ever even trying it. more paths = more riders = more healthier people, less autos used for commuting, more people getting out into their surroundings who’re likely to take an interest in their community.