Hal No doubt, SEPTA has served my trips well to both facilities, with the expansion of bike racks on buses next year you will be able to go as far as the Perkiomen trail crossing at Graterford on saturdays and NJ Transit can take you to Lambertville, NJ during the week. Intercity buses can take you and your bike to New Hope, Bethlehem and Allentown. However all of those services that I mentioned are very limited.
Problem is that SEPTA does not market bike access beyond its website and schedules, a savvy shuttle service would pick up customers at places like Norristown TC or Yardley. We've pitched the Bike Train concept to SEPTA a few years back, putting an extra cars on select weekend runs in the schedule like Metro North. There are bike shops along both the canal and the Perk that could benefit from a shuttle service. I think that someone in New Hope or Lambertville will jump on this concept first, since there are many car-free New Yorkers who visit New Hope via bus. John ----- Original Message ----- From: "hal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "John Boyle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 11:35 PM > (snip) > Calling all outfitters: We need shuttles > > With the Perkiomen Trail (45 mi to Center City and the Delaware Canal > Towpath (60 mi Bristol to Easton) nearing completion its time for some > entreprenuers to start a shuttle service so cyclists can easily access the > trail system. To date much of the trail system has been marginally > accessible by SEPTA but with the new expansion beyond SEPTA's boundaries its > time for someone to give this a go. > (snip) > > Two thoughts - > > First - the Delaware Canal trail directly connects to 17 miles of towpath & > railtrails along the Lehigh, so it's actually 77 miles of almost > uninterupted bike trails. > > Second there are some SEPTA connections to the Delaware and Perkiomen > Trails. > > The Delaware Canal > The R3 West Trenton has a stop at Yardley, which is just a stones throw from > the Delaware Canal > The R7 Trenton line has a stop in Bristol which is only a short distance > from the Delaware Canal towpath trail. (as an aside, the Pennypack Trail is > accessible from SEPTA at R7 Holmesburg Junction at the southen terminus, > while the northern end of Pennypack is reasonably close to the R8 Fox Chase. > > The Perkiomen Trail > Yes, this is more difficult - you're basically going to have to start at > Norristown Transportation Center along Schuylkill River trail at the > Norristown Transportation Center - which as located at the R6 stop. > Alternate #2 is the Norristown Highspeed line aka R100 Trolley that runs to > the same stop. You pay for a transfer to the MFL (free exchange to BSS). > > Hal Schirmer > > ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "bike." To subscribe or unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>.
