Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1353 – June 27, 2019

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With the bike, and later my feet, I began to explore everything rural, everything urban, to appreciate what made each unique and distinct.

—DAN BURDEN, US Walkability and Bikeability Advocate, 1944-

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #832- Jan 22, 2018

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On a bike you go at nature-speed.

—DAN BURDEN, US Walkability and Bikeability Advocate, 1944-

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #739- Oct 21, 2017

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Too many cities in America have become places to survive. We need more places to thrive.

—DAN BURDEN, Florida Bicycle Facilities Planning and Design Handbook, 1997

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #651 – July 25, 2017

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There are the places that were built and intended to be built as bedroom communities, and you can’t find a town center, you can’t find a real store, you can’t find anything. But you don’t have to choose to live there. What I have learned is where a lot of America has been destroyed, so much of it is waiting to be recrafted and perfected.

—DAN BURDEN, US Walkability and Bikeability Advocate, 1944-

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #557 – April 22, 2017

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Of the 1400 communities I have walked, I have not found one where designing for the car has made it a successful place. Indeed, the most successful villages, towns and cities in America are those designed before the car was invented, and where the least tinkering has been done since.
We tend not to like open, scary places, and we try to get through them quicker. Somehow the canopy effect of tree-lined streets slows traffic.

—DAN BURDEN, US Walkability and Bikeability Advocate, 1944-

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #423 – Dec 9, 2016

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We have overbuilt many roadways in America. We can afford to do that. We cannot afford to overbuild our trails. For in making them ‘better,’ we make the experience worse.

—DAN BURDEN, Florida Bicycle Facilities Planning and Design Handbook, 1997

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #410 – Nov 26, 2016

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Cars are happiest when there are no other cars around. People are happiest when there are other people around.

—DAN BURDEN, US Walkability and Bikeability Advocate, 1944-

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #222 – May 22, 2016

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A trail offers its users awareness of surroundings. Trails preserve vistas. Trails preserve ecosystems which allow natural sounds to drown out urban sounds. Trails invite touch and discovery. Trails protect and preserve fragrance. The trail experiences offer users feelings of bigness and connection with the earth. Trails unfold mystery, offer surprise, preserve the detail. In fact, well designed trails offer the hikers, bicyclists, skaters or other adventurers new sensations each time they are used.

—DAN BURDEN, Florida Bicycle Facilities Planning and Design Handbook, 1997

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