06-08-2022, 09:14 PM
(06-08-2022, 05:52 PM)dtkvictim Wrote: I understand the accessibility reasons for paving trails, especially those that double as transportation infrastructure. But I think it would be a little sad for every single trail to be paved. A lot of trails (especially the primarily recreational ones) are a little sliver of escape from our excessively paved world, and to pave all trails would lessen the reprieve they offer IMO.
Maybe the right balance with accessibility is still to pave everything, I don't know.
I agree. I enjoy walking and riding on recreational trails that are hard dirt, sawdust or gravel, instead of always paved. And that's in spite of the 30mm tires on my bike, and the total lack of suspension on the same.
City trails, which are more for transportation than recreation, are a different thing, as dtkvictim says.