Oceanside’s San Luis Rey River Trail Gets an Extension

Oceanside is the only community in San Diego County to receive recognition from the League of American Bicyclists as a bike-friendly community. In 2009, the League awarded Oceanside Bronze status, citing the San Luis Rey River Trail as one of the community’s highlights. The city has just begun a one mile extension to the eastern end of the trail, which will take riders from College Avenue to North Santa Fe Avenue. The new segment will be funded entirely by state and local grants, and will cost $550,000. Compare this with an estimated $5-$10 million per mile for freeway lane construction (a number provided by the ultra-conservative, auto-centric American Dream Coalition, and thus probably too low), and the fiscal value of Oceanside’s bike-friendly commitment is hard to deny.

SignOnSanDiego has a story today, and the North County Times has been covering Oceanside’s commitment to bicycles for some time.

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