Costa Rica begins building bike paths in heavily traveled areas
Bike Tours are increasing in popularity and Costa Rica is responding
The Costa Rican Ministry of Transportation is seeking to modify the country’s road culture by adding 5 designated bike paths in popular locations. A bike path has already been added along the road to Puntarenas on the central Pacific coast. Guanacaste is supposed to inaugurate its bike path this month.
Puntarenas and Jaco is Costa Rica’s most rapidly developing region due to its booming tourism industry as well as real estate development. Bulding bike paths is a natural progression of offering the infrastructure that is expected by international travelers and the growing national tourism sector. The key to this development is to created added safety to visitors who choose to travel on bike. Bike tours are becoming increasingly popular method of exploring Costa Rica.
For the nationals in rural areas bike transportation is often the only method of getting to work, shopping, etc. This can be dangerous sometimes for locals as they use the same highways that connects San Jose to the heavily traveled coastal areas such as Guanacaste, Puntarenas and Limon among others. Large trucks, buses, and cars pose a real threat to bikers who share the same road.
The bike path in Guanacaste is schedule to begin construction on April 27th. The transportation department also has plans for 4 other bike paths ready to start construction and will be added in places such as Esparza, Liberia, Jaco, and Limon. The areas where the cycleways will be added are highly visited or transited by local and foreign tourists. There are still plans for the beach front boardwalk in Jaco, which will be another spot where bikers and pedestrians can safely enjoy the beauty of the ocean and Costa Rica.
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