A cycling celebration tour on a gorgeous spring Sunday attracted 150 bikers who pedaled a 10-mile loop linking some of Burlington’s most scenic spots. The riders also heard about the history of those places as part of the relaunch of the Cycle the City route.
It’s been 15 years since the loop was blazed as one of the first projects undertaken by Local Motion, the Burlington-based cycling and walking advocacy group. To mark the anniversary, the route has been equipped with new smartphone-readable sign posts that direct bikers and pedestrians to sights along the lake, in the Intervale and Old North End, at the University of Vermont and around downtown.
A walking tour was also organized on Sunday. This 3.5-mile route was guided by Barbara Mines of the Montpelier-based Vermont Bicycle & Pedestrian Coalition.
“My goal is to get people off the Burlington bike path and onto other cycling and walking routes in the city,” said Local Motion director Chapin Spencer, who addressed the cyclists behind Maglianero Café, on lower Maple Street, prior to the ride.
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