Aliso Creek National Trail Dedication

The Aliso Creek Regional Riding and Hiking Trial was recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Interior as an exemplary local and regional trail as part of America’s national system of trails.

The dedication event was held on 10/18/12, and was well attended by local officials, county staff and hiking and biking enthusiasts of the trail with the highlight being the unveiling of the National Trail marker.
Thanks to Bill, our reporter in the field for providing pix from the event:

Aliso Creek Dedication

Aliso Creek Dedication

Opening Speech

Opening Speech

Marker Revealed

Marker Revealed

Looks Sharp!

Looks Sharp!

Great Turnout on the Trail

Great Turnout on the Trail

Thanks to Alicia Raish of OCParks for providing the above photo taken by Chad Yanagisawa, and spearheading the recognition of the trail as a National treasure.

Currently, the Aliso Creek Regional Trail has 15 miles of asphalt bikeway, and soft trail designed for varied recreational activities including hiking, bicycling, walking, running, birdwatching and horseback riding.  The soft trail is better suited to hikers, runners, horseback riding, and generally slower traffic. It runs for much of the length of the creek on the opposite bank, and there are plans to extend it the full length of the creek.

The trail links six schools, a community church, two skate parks, and ten community parks together and offers a wide variety of geography throughout its length from hard concrete channelized infrastructure to tranquil settings that soothe the soul.

The trail traverses five south county cities, extending from the foothills of Orange County near Cooks Corner, past the McFadden Ranch House, and follows Aliso Creek downstream all the way to the boundary of Laguna Beach within a few miles of Aliso Beach in South Laguna.

Moulton, Muirlands, Irvine / Trabuco, Portola, and Santiago Canyon / El Toro are great routes to link to this trail which is an integral link in the OC BikeBone.

Commuter Survey Update

Commuters prefer safety and speed with:

  • 57% using class1 MUPs during their commute.
  • 29% using additional public transportation (bus, train),
  • 43% are either lucky enough to live close to work , or are totally hardcore commuters by riding the first and last mile during their commute.

South County and the Beach Cities have good participation, and we’d like to see more involvement from the inland and north county areas.

Let’s hear from Anaheim and Santa Ana, Orange and Buena Park, and all cities in between!

Take the commuter survey here, Thanks for Your Participation.

Web Content Updates

A couple of site content notes:

Cyclist collisions for Laguna Beach have been mapped out and provided here.

All Collision data charts from National, State, County, City, and City Detail have been updated with EOQ3 data from the CHP.

Collision maps for Newport Beach have been created and are being consolidated. When they’re ready you’ll find them from the Newport Beach page in the Cities section of the site.

Now that 3rd quarter processing is complete, we’ll return to building out the ‘Bone, however we need your help to do it right.

A Commuter Survey is available from our Resource page (thanks to the testers for cleaning it up and spotting the odd typo or 3), and we urge everyone to find the time to take it.  This will provide us ammunition for making your case to the County.

Thanks for all your support!