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Bikes and TransportBike Paths
South Coast Bike Path Project - The long term vision for the SouthCoast Bike Path project is to construct a multi- use recreational path to run from the Rhode Island border through New Bedford, hooking up with the present path in Fairhaven, to be joined in Mattapoisett, along to Marion, to Wareham and Finally through Buzzards Bay to Bourne and the Cape Cod Canal. Bikeways and Trails in SE Mass Phoenix Bike Trail, Fairhaven, MA Shining Sea Bikeway - extends from Skating Lane in Falmouth to the Woods Hole Steamship Authority's site in Woods Hole, which is a historic seaside fishing and international scientific community and one of ten villages in Falmouth. Cape Cod Rail Trail - follows a former railroad right-of-way for 22 miles through the towns of Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham and Wellfleet. Bikeways and Trails on Cape Cod and the Islands Quequechan River Regional Bike Path Project - Fall River Friends of the Mattapoisett Bicycle and Recreational Path Bike ResourcesFriend of the Marion Pathways Committee Green Futures - PO Box 144, Fall River, MA 02724 Email: info@greenfutures.org Mass Bike Cape Chapter - Contact: Chapter President Rob Miceli at 508-428-5914, or Chapter Secretary Ted Hamann at 508-495-9590. Vineyard Off-Road Bicycle Association (VORBA) - P.O. Box 2842, Oak Bluffs, MA 02557 Phone: 508-693-4905 Meets at 9 every Sunday morning, year-round, at the Old Agricultural Hall. Has organized mountain bike rides since 1988. Nantucket Cycling Club - 70 Hummock Pond Road, Nantucket, MA 02554, Tel:508-228-6763 - Sponsors and holds bicycle races, competitions, and other programs that emphasize the simple pleasure of biking. The Narragansett Bay Wheelmen - a bicycle club serving Rhode Island, Eastern Connecticut and Southeastern Massachusetts. Tandem Bicyclist of New England Also check out The Ride, a zine on East Coast Bike Culture. Alternative TransportationCape & Islands Self-Reliance - 446 Waquoit Highway, P.O. Box 3203, Waquoit, MA 02536 Tel: 888-808-0120 or 508-457-7679 Fax: 508-457-9171. Biodiesel is a clean burning, carbon-neutral, renewable fuel which can be used in any diesel engine and requires no engine modifications. If you are interested in using biodiesel, or would like to know more information, please contact Self-Reliance at 508.457.7679 or e-mail: richardl@reliance.org Online resources on biodiesel fuel can be found at BiodieselNow and here. |