Albany gears up for more bike routes

Ashe Reardon, WRGB, link to original post
Albany is gearing up to expand bicycle routes throughout the city. Close to 100 people turned out Oct 27, 2009 for a meeting to discuss the City of Albany Bicycle Master Plan.
The plan calls for work over the next year to improve Albany’s bicycle access. Infrastructure work will get [...]

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DEC, Friends of Five Rivers Break Ground for New Education Building

Donation Paves Way for “Guided School Program” Facility
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Pete Grannis today announced that the agency is partnering with the non-profit group Friends of Five Rivers to construct a new education building at the Five Rivers Environmental Education Center in Delmar (Albany County).
Friends of Five Rivers, a citizens’ [...]

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Biking in Albany Part 2

George de Piro has so many questions and comments on his “Biking in Albany” post that he decided to do a part 2. Click here for more Albany area bicycling resources.

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Biking in Albany

Click here to read about Biking in Albany.

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A Fall Ride Along the Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway – Waterford to Schenectady

Click here to read:  A Fall Ride Along the Mohawk-Hudson Bikeway – Waterford to Schenectady

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Restored Niskayuna Train Station Open Aug 23 for Trail Users

The Friends of the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail, and Parks & Trails New York, with the cooperation of the Town of Niskayuna and financial support from Assemblyman Bob Reilly and the Adirondack Mountain Club (Schenectady Chapter), will have the restored train station at Lions Park in Niskayuna open to the public this Sunday, August 23, from [...]

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Schodack Island State Park: A trail runner’s paradise

By Erin McMahon, Examiner.com, link to original post
Just south of Albany, along the eastern shore of the Hudson River, sits a stunning, little gem of a park.  Schodack Island State Park encompasses seven miles of Schodack Creek and Hudson River shoreline.  Whether you are a runner looking for a less challenging, more relaxing course, or [...]

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Capital Region Bike Trail Maps

The Capital District Transportation Committee has two maps for bicycling around the region. One is its Capital District Bike-Hike Map, created in 2006, that covers the entire region. The other is the Mohawk-Hudson Bike-Hike Trail Map, created in 2004. You can find copies of these maps online at http://www.cdtcmpo.org/maps.htm, call 518-458-2161 for copies or stop [...]

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Indian Ladder Trail in Thatcher Park

I came across this photo  of Indian Ladder Trail in Thatcher Park in Flickr and it intrigued me – an interesting looking place I have not been to. It can be found in John Boyd Thacher State Park in Voorheesville, southwest of Albany.
Here’s some data on the hike.

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Tales of new trails for bike riders in the Albany area

Click here for “Tales of new trails for bike riders” by Alan Wechler in the timesunion.com

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