High Desert Cycling

 
 

Building bike-friendly communities

High Desert Cycling is working with federal, state, and local groups and authorities to improve conditions for cyclists. We have a long way to go to make our communities bike friendly, but there are plenty of great examples we can follow.


Here at High Desert Cycling, we have a multi-step plan we'd like to see implemented:

  1. Connect all parks and schools with bike lanes or paths;
  2. Connect all existing and future bike lanes and paths to each other;
  3. Encourage cities in the high desert to cooperate with each other to ensure bike lanes don't end at city limits;
  4. Convert South Outer Hwy 18 to one-way going east, North Outer Hwy 18 to one-way going west, and use this as a central spine through Apple Valley to promote cycling and other forms of exercise;
  5. Encourage local schools, parks, and businesses to offer bike racks;
  6. Become recognized as a Bike-Friendly Community by the League of American Bicyclists; and
  7. Incorporate our bike system with the U.S. Bicycle Route System.

If you have other ideas or want to help, contact us!