Vernon Huffman of Access 4 Bikes, Marin Co, CA (#50)

Trail EAffect Episode 50 Vernon Huffman – Access 4 Bikes Marin County

This episode first aired on December 20th, 2021 on Mountain Bike Radio

Topics Covered:

• No Bikes Signs, and how No Bikes Signs motivated Vernon learn more about these signs
• Vernon’s background and how he landed in Marin County
• Prohibition and how it relates to Mountain Biking
• The Paradigm Trail in Marin County
• Trail Wars
• Vernon’s professional career / background, and how that helps him provide scientific background for trails and mountain biking
• Access 4 Bikes, why it was created and how it started as a political organization vs a nonprofit
• The difference between a 527 political organization and 501c3 Nonprofit organization
• The need to depoliticize some for the work for Access 4 Bikes, and created the Access 4 Bikes Foundation (501c3) – Basically copying what the Sierra Club has done with creating dual status
• Camp Tamarancho, Marin Council of Boy Scouts of America – and how this partnership was formed.
• Access 4 Bikes and Lessons Learned and Tools for gaining additional access for Mountain Biking
  • Key Point – Mountain Bikers need to be present at every meeting where mountain biking and access for mountain biking is being discussed
• Access 4 Bikes Tool Kit
• The need for surveys to see what is really happening on trails and with trail use
• Road and Trail Management Plan – Marin County Parks / Marin County Open Spaces
• Directional Use Trails
• Famous Failures
• California Mountain Biking Coalition
• Places that Vernon has visited / likes to visit for Mountain Biking
• Closing Comments

Links:

Access 4 Bikes: https://access4bikes.com/

Freehub Magazine -Beyond Dedication: https://freehubmag.com/features/vernon-huffman

Camp Tamarancho Marin County: https://www.boyscouts-marin.org/tamarancho-biking/4023

Access 4 Bikes – The Facts: https://access4bikes.com/the-facts

Trail Use Conflict Study by California State Parks: http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/980/files/app_c_trailuseconflictstudy_chginuse_draft.pdf

Road and Trail Management Plan Marin County Parks:

https://www.parks.marincounty.org/-/media/files/sites/marin-county-parks/projects-and-plans/road-and-trail-management/system-designation-all/rtmp_final_120614.pdf?la=en

California Mountain Biking Coalition: https://camtb.org/

Support for Trail EAffect Comes from Smith’s Bike Shop in La Crosse, WI https://smithsbikes.com/

This show has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services, for more information go to:

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