{"id":9985,"date":"2015-08-28T02:27:09","date_gmt":"2015-08-28T02:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=9985"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:44","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:44","slug":"reno-an-undiscovered-top-biking-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/08\/28\/reno-an-undiscovered-top-biking-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Reno – An Undiscovered Top Biking City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reno, a rare oasis in the Nevada desert, is known the world around for its wedding chapels, gambling casinos, marquis entertainers and many nearby ski resorts. It was also the Reno roads and nearby \u00a0 Sierra Mountain Range that hardened the man who would re-energize bicycling in America, Greg Lemond. \u00a0Here now 30 years after Lemond shocked the world by winning the Tour de France, Reno is embracing his legacy by committing large amounts of resources to making all levels of its bicycling FUN.<\/span><\/p>\n

None of this could even begin to come \u00a0true until 1928. It was then that the dirt roads of the Lincoln Hwy gave way to a paved US 40 over foreboding Donner\u00a0Pass and the rest of the Sierra Mountain Range. \u00a0In 1937, eleven years after Reno welcomed this exciting development with the Reno Arch pictured below, \u00a0Bill Harrah opened up the bingo business that would go on to become the 925-room Harrah’s<\/strong><\/a> Hotel and Resort Casino<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Long a world class drawing power, it is from this highly regarded establishment that we will show you the new form of travel and resulting tourism, the City of Reno is basing its future growth upon. It is toward this end, that Reno has turned to Complete Streets and bicycling in a big way!l<\/span><\/p>\n

It’s 226 miles of brightly\u00a0striped bike lanes (plus 76 miles of paved paths)\u00a0 <\/span>on what is usually new looking black asphalt thanks to its annual slurry re-sealing program, place it quite readily on a par with all the top bike cities in America. In many respects, there is better cycling in Reno than can be found in any large city anywhere. With\u00a0233,000 people and a 69 square \u00a0mile footprint or 3,376 people per sq. mile, it contrasts with Northern California’s \u00a0large bike cities<\/span><\/p>\n