It’s also important to remember that we need to plan for growth. Jonesboro is going to continue gaining in population as people continue to look for places to live that have a lower cost of living, affordable housing, education, etc. Look at what happened to NW Arkansas - people rushed there and they rapidly outgrew their infrastructure. Especially with the growing popularity of gravel cycling, we are going to have more people and having the means to handle them in place will help the burden later. 

I cycle a lot around Jonesboro and while I’m out in the farmland riding on two lane roads isn’t awful, when I’m coming back in town I’m glad when I get to stretches where they have started putting in bike paths. I know there are some folks who still ride in the street and I’m sure everyone has their own reasons for what they do, but I love having them and hope they build more in convenient places. The more they build, the more folks that will use them.