Review article
https://doi.org/10.21857/ygjwrcdrgy
The Methodology of Marking a Cyclotourist Route in the Corridor of an Abandoned Railway Track
Goran Kos
; Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia
Zoran Klarić
; Institute for Tourism, Zagreb, Croatia
Predrag Brlek
orcid.org/0000-0003-4890-2583
; University North, University Center Koprivnica, Koprivnica, Croatia
Petar Feletar
orcid.org/0000-0002-3517-9851
; Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Bicyclism has lately become increasingly popular as an activity in which bicycle is used not only as a means of transport, but also as a tourist activity, and a type of recreation useful for human health and considerably environment-friendlier than the use of motor vehicles. This has influenced the process of arranging an ever increasing number of marked and unmarked cyclotourist routes on the existing roads with less traffic in motor vehicles, as well as establishing special bicyclist tracks along the existing roads, and separate bicyclist paths and roads intended for bicyclists only. Particularly popular among them are abandoned railway tracks, which are converted into bicyclist roads, since due to the needs of railway transport, they have relatively gentle slopes. Thus, they are not too demanding for the majority of cyclotourists, whilst their attractiveness lies in the fact that they pass through beautiful landscape. The paper presents the methodology of planning the revitalisation of the abandoned railway track between Bjelovar and Garešnica with a branch line for Grubišno Polje for the needs of developing cyclotourism in the Bjelovar-Bilogora County.
Keywords
bicyclism; Bjelovar-Bilogora County; cyclotourism; abandoned railway tracks; green paths; route marking
Hrčak ID:
269654
URI
Publication date:
20.12.2021.
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