This petition is a request from citizens of Marin County and surrounding areas to propose creation of new directional, bike-specific, sustainable trails in Marin. These undersigned citizens maintain the following: 

• Off-road cyclists are a legitimate group of local citizen taxpayers, who encompass greater than 40% of the regional trail users.  
• The mountain bike community is all-encompassing, from children to older adults, and welcomes all nationalities, genders, religions, and races. 
• There is currently not enough trail access for this large and legitimate user group in the county
• County RTMP plans are not adequately addressing the needs of intermediate and advanced off-road cyclists, and are limiting the advancement of engaged beginner and high school athletes
•  These riders feel increasingly disenfranchised by the current RTMP projects, and feel there is a pressing need for NEW purpose-built, directional, bike-specific, and sustainable trails in the county
• These new trails would be built to conform to current environmentally and physically safe standards such as what is seen in Oregon, Washington, Colorado, Idaho and British Columbia.
• Narrow, technical, hand-built trail is safer and more satisfying to riders, more environmentally friendly, and helps limit speed on trails
• Such trails can be built and maintained without significant environmental degradation or threat to sensitive species
• Mountain bike trail enthusiasts are our newest land stewards and can help advise the county and land managers in determining where to safely and sustainably build these new trails, and they are willing to volunteer to work
• Ignoring this need will unnecessarily exacerbate tensions within and between user groups, and between user groups and land managers

 If you believe in these statements, please sign this petition so it can be brought to further RTMP and trail building planning meetings.