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Topic | Oklahoma bicycling |
Content | We could promote Route 66 as a cross-state cycling route at minimal cost. Like travelers in the first half of the 20th century, cyclists need services conveniently located at regular intervals, and the old road offers exactly that. Bicycle tourists spend nearly as much as motoring tourists, but they spend their money along a shorter stretch of road. Since Oklahoma has more miles of the original highway, we should use those miles to draw in more cyclo-tourists.
The only improvement necessary would be to pave a rideable shoulder on those portions of the road that do not presently have one. This could be done as part of routine upgrades and maintenance, but it would have to be uniform from end to end. |
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