U.S. Bicycle Route System

04/05/2023

Wonderful to see our USBRS partners in talk about their process and see those fabulous signs on USBR 7 in Connecticut!!

Terry Burke about Cornwall's part in a new interstate bicycle route. Video by Juergen Kalwa. From the Welcome, Yankee Pedalers story in the April 2023 issue.

04/03/2023

Happy to highlight the efforts of Western New England Greenway and Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area to get USBR 7 signed in Connecticut!

Cyclists passing through Connecticut, on their way to New York City, Montreal, or points in between, will be able to navigate with green and white USBR 7 signs.

12/29/2022

The National Cooperative Highway Research Program is running a survey that seeks to learn more about preferable road conditions for cyclists. If you are a cyclist in the USA, please take this survey before January 31, 2023, and help out with their research.

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12/27/2022

ICYMI: A recording for the recent USBRS: Success Stories from Across the Network webinar hosted with American Trails is available!

Our Mission is to advance the development of diverse, high quality trails and greenways. Through collaboration, education, funding, and communication, we help raise the value of trails.

12/15/2022

Looking forward to talking USBRS at tomorrow's webinar as part of American Trails Advancing Trails series. Hope you can join us!

Our Mission is to advance the development of diverse, high quality trails and greenways. Through collaboration, education, funding, and communication, we help raise the value of trails.

11/30/2022

We're pleased to announce two new U.S. Bicycle Routes! USBR 80 in Arkansas (their first!) and USBR 21 in Tennessee. With these additions, plus some realignments in three other states, the new USBRS total is 18, 953 miles. (Here we come 19,000!)

To learn more, see the press release.

Adventure Cycling announces that new designations are adding more than 425 miles to the U.S. Bicycle Route System, bringing total mileage to nearly 19,000!

10/05/2022

Among the new routes is Wisconsin's first nationally designated bike route, which crosses the entire state.

08/15/2022

Congrats to our USBRS partner Ohio DOT! 🎉 They received a $24.45 million RAISE grant for infrastructure on the US 6 corridor including the Sandusky Bike Path, improving connectivity and safety. This set of improvements will benefit the area surrounding and including three bicycle travel routes: USBR 230, Underground Railroad and Lake Erie Connector. To learn more about RAISE grants awarded across the country, see this interactive map:

The list of RAISE 2022 awards can be found here: RAISE 2022 Awards

08/05/2022

In support of the future USBR 37, you can sign a petition to the governors of IN and KY to address the lack of cycling infrastructure on a critical bridge.

Adventure Cycling Association is proud to announce the designation of three new U.S. Bicycle Routes in Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Delaware, and the realignment and extension of additional routes through Indiana and Michigan, ad

06/29/2022

Celebrating the 2022 Spring USBRS designation cycle with 2 new states, 3 new routes and pedaling across the 18k mile mark!

Adventure Cycling Association is proud to announce the designation of three new U.S. Bicycle Routes in Oklahoma, Minnesota, and Delaware, and the realignment and extension of additional routes through Indiana and Michigan, ad

06/10/2022

Yes, yes, many thanks to all you gave and shared to help make this year's campaign a success!!

Thank you to everyone who supported the U.S. Bicycle Route System this spring! By the numbers (to-date):

-52 generous USBRS enthusiasts stepped-up to seed our matching gift fund
-$229,713 raised for more connected routes
-468 people gave to make bicycle travel more accessible to newcomers
-115 new donors

We expect to announce new designations sometime this summer (lots of wheels are turning behind the curtain, but we’re anticipating new and expanded routes to share!)

Photo by Michelle Stuebe

05/16/2022

Thank you to everyone who is helping to change the way people in the U.S. experience bicycle travel through their support of the USBRS!

The U.S. Bicycle Route System is a game-changer. With every new route, the U.S. becomes a better place to ride. With the help of donors, California, Indiana, Maryland, Ohio, Utah and Washington all established new U.S. Bicycle Routes last year. Adventure Cycling is the only cycling organization coordinating the U.S. Bicycle Route System at a national level. Donate today so the 19 states without U.S. Bicycle routes won’t have to navigate the complicated process of designation alone.

https://www.adventurecycling.org/campaigns/build-it-bike-it-be-a-part-of-it/?utm_medium=Post&utm_source=FB&utm_campaign=2022USBRSSOC

Photo by Mary McGowan