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Backcountry Trail Gulf Shores: Trailheads, Rules and Bike Tips
More than 28 paved miles wind through dunes, pine forest, marsh and lakeshore between Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, open dawn to…
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Trails, safer streets and getting around the Eastern Shore and the beaches on foot and by bicycle.
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Eastern Shore Trail Guide: Route, Parking and Riding Tips
A bayfront chain of sidewalks, paths and boardwalks links Daphne, Fairhope and Point Clear, with hills in Montrose and a flat run south of the pier.
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What Are Complete Streets? Meaning, Features and Local Policies
Streets built for people walking, biking, riding transit and driving, and how Fairhope, Daphne, Orange Beach and Mobile signed on…
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Walking School Bus: How to Start One in Your Neighborhood
A few families, a tested route and a simple schedule are enough to turn the morning drop-off into a supervised walk that can grow…
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Heat Index Safety for Walking and Biking on the Gulf Coast
Humidity turns a warm Gulf Coast morning into a dangerous one; how to read the heat index, spot heat illness early and dodge…
From the Archive
Earlier pages on this subject from the nonprofit that once published this website.
Ride report
The Good Life Ride to LuLu's
More than 360 riders pedalled from the Eastern Shore to the beach for the third Good Life Ride.
Smart Walks
Dog Days of Summer Smart Walk
The last walk to school of the year set off from the Fairhope library with four-legged guests.
Smart Walks
Hop To It: the Spring Walk
A springtime walk to school in Fairhope, with a costumed visitor leading the way.
Walkability
Dan Burden Visits the Coast
The walkable-communities advocate toured Orange Beach and Fairhope, and joined a St. Patrick's Day walk to school.
Initiative
Healthy Coastal Communities
The vision behind walking to school, connected sidewalks and trails, and streets that work for every age.
Initiative
Complete Streets on the Coast
How the first Complete Streets policies in Alabama came to coastal cities, and what such a street looks like.
Initiative
Smart Walks to School
Monthly themed walks to school in Fairhope and Prichard, and the plan for a daily walking school bus.
Health
Childhood Obesity Awareness Month
Why September became a month to get children moving, and the numbers behind it at the time.
