DUQ Special News Report

On the Beaten Path: Pedaling Pittsburgh and Beyond
Audio Archive

If you missed DUQ's On the Beaten Path reports, you can listen to them now by clicking on the links below.

Along with audio links, the reports also contain photo links and additional information.

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Bike Trail Maintenance
Broadcast Date: May 22, 2006
There are hundreds of miles of trails open to biking in Southwestern Pennsylvania and every one of them at some time will have to be rebuilt or repaired. As part of the series "On The Beaten Path: Pedaling Pittsburgh and Beyond" DUQ's Mark Nootbaar takes a look at some of those efforts. LISTEN

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Bike Trail Building
Broadcast Date: June 27, 2006
Trail Builders in Pennsylvania and Maryland are trying to complete a project first envisioned by a young George Washington, connecting the Chesapeake Bay with the Ohio River. As part of our series "On The Beaten Path: Pedaling Pittsburgh and Beyond" DUQ's Mark Nootbaar recently made that trip and reports on what it takes to build a traffic-free biking and hiking link from Washington DC to Pittsburgh. LISTEN


Bike Trail Economics
Broadcast Date: June 28, 2006
Millions of tax, foundation and private dollars have been spent to build the Great Allegheny Passage bike trail from Cumberland, Maryland to Pittsburgh and there is still more work to do. As part of our series "On the Beaten Path: Pedaling Pittsburgh and Beyond" DUQ's Mark Nootbaar takes a look at one justification for spend that money. LISTEN


Bike Trail History
Broadcast Date: June 29, 2006
When avid cyclists talk about why they love to ride one of the comments many of them make is that they get to see things they would have never noticed if their were speeding by in a car. DUQ's Mark Nootbaar recently had a chance to notice some of the things he passed as he rode from Washington DC to Pittsburgh including the wealth of history along the C&O towpath and the Great Allegheny Passage. LISTEN

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Biking on the Cheap
Broadcast Date: October 10, 2006
Every year thousands of Americans start a biking routine. Some are doing it for their health, others to better explore the outdoors and some for plain old fun. As part of the series "On the Beaten Path: Pedaling Pittsburgh and beyond" DUQ's Mark Nootbaar looks at a couple of ways people can get into biking without having to spend much money. LISTEN