In and Around Old Town Neighborhood 5. Summary of Main Web Site Resources 6. Summary of Additional Resources 1. An Introduction to Bike and Foot Traffic Human energy is a valuable resource. When people begin to use bicycles as a mode of transportation and not purely as a recreation vehicle, the implications are wide reaching.
Bicycles operate with minimal environmental damage.
They do not run on fuel that is extracted from the earth and when paths and trails are created there less of an environmental foot print left than that experienced when roadways are built. Bicycles allow the user to enjoy the sights, sounds, and smells of the world around them. They allow users to exist in the present and be aware of their natural surroundings. Just as bicycling is good, walking has many of the same benefits. Though people to not move from place to place as quickly as they do on a bicycle, they are aware of their environment, and much more able to enter into community with the people around them, as there is nothing physical separating the environment they are moving in.