I am very familiar with bikepacking, I’ve gone a few times this year alone, but this is the micromobility com (do we call these com’s, comm’s, or communities?)

But my point was that bikepacking trails are like barely mobility focused, if at all. They’re for recreation. Which is great and all, but doesn’t really feel like what this country is lacking. So this sounds like a big win, but it isn’t really fixing anything. Great if you love bikepacking, but besides that not much to write home about.

I toured for 8 months in 2024-25 around Europe and SE Asia, and since then bikepacking for me is kind of just a cope because the roads are too dangerous by me to really ride anywhere. If there was a network of bike paths or protected bike lanes, I would love to do some travel by bike here. As everyone knows, there is some fantastic cycling infrastructure in Europe. I doubt I’ll live long enough to ever see it get that good in the US. But I could imagine it getting closer to what Vietnam does, where it isn’t really bicycle specific, but it works, and more importantly actually connects places.