Bicycle Friendly Communities

St. Petersburg, FL | Bronze Level

Engineering: St. Petersburg has recently acquired a 2.1 mile abandoned rail corridor that will be used to connect the very popular Pinellas Trail with the exciting area of downtown St. Petersburg. The corridor acquisition was completed after a two-year effort that required extensive multi-agency cooperation from the Trust for Public Land, Florida Department of Transportation, and the City of St. Petersburg. When construction is completed as anticipated in 2008, this will complete a 3.0 mile connection and ultimately provide a 36.7 mile facility from Tarpon Springs to St. Petersburg’s downtown. Current estimates indicate that the Pinellas Trail is used by approximately 90,000 people each month.