[Talk given to the inaugural session of the Oregon Scenic Bikeways Committee, at Travel Oregon HQ, on January 21]
The Willamette Valley Scenic Bikeway has only been around since 2005 and the concept of a bikeway might seem pretty new.
But in fact, Oregon has had people working on scenic bikeways since at least 1896, more than a century ago.
In Oregon’s sesquicentennial year, we should think about Oregon’s first Golden Age of cycling. (more…)