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MISSOULA'S
DOWNTOWN
BIKE LANES
Daily work-week cycling
commuters may spend little
time on trails, and use their bike as
a means to an end, riding regularly in
urban bike lanes around Missoula.
Emily Olson, 23, works for Missoula Parks & Recreation and
when it isn't snowing, she's always on her Diamondback Race bike.
She inherited it from her dad and says she's been into the mountain
bike scene since she was a kid in Billings. She's ridden in the Rattle-
snake
Wilderness,
but admits her
favorite trail is the
scenic Kim Williams
along the Clark Fork River.
She says that she loves Missoula's
new carefully designed inner-city road lanes. "It's really easy and
very safe," she says. "I like what the city has done with the roadside
lanes, and one-way lane paths that parallel the sidewalks on Hig-
gins." ese keep her off the road and away from pedestrians.
Olson has a car, she says, but rarely uses it during months when the
sun shines.
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