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| http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/usbrs/ |
There's an effort underway to create a national network of signed routes for bicycle touring, and the plan shows Bellingham being a hub, of sorts.
The Adventure Cycling Association has announced the U.S. Bicycle Route System (USBRS), for which they are currently raising money.
The route corridors are already planned out (PDF map) -- they're careful to say they're planning general routes within 50-mile-wide corridors rather than naming specific roads. The plan is for organizations within each state to take up the mantle and get the work done. In Washington State the local partner is the Bicycle Alliance of Washington, and they are fundraising this month to get Route 10, across the northern part of the state, up and running. WSDOT is also a partner.
Bellingham comes into the picture because, as the Bicycle Alliance notes, Route 10 will link Idaho to the Alaska Ferry -- which docks in Fairhaven.
But note that Route 87 (north/south just east of the major cities linked by I-5) appears to terminate at nearly the same spot as Route 10.
And Route 95 (north/south along US 101) crosses both 87 and 10, probably in Burlington, before heading into Canada from Whatcom County.
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| http://www.adventurecycling.org/routes/usbrs/ |
This project could conceivably bring additional adventure cyclists through the county, many of whom are heading for the ferry. Local restaurants and lodgings could see a boost from additional bike tourism! If that's important to you, then you should probably help get the project underway.
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