For years, the various parties involved have been planning the bike trails in the Bireggwald forest on the border of Lucerne and Horw. Now the municipality of Horw has answered an interpellation about the project. This brings the building permit a little closer again.

A laminated piece of paper, hung up in the forest near Lucerne, makes it into the national media. However, this is a dubious success for the authors of the notice. It shows one thing above all: the canton of Lucerne is still a long way from finding a sustainable solution for mountain biking.

The referendum launched by Zug mountain bikers against the new Zug Forest Act has no chance. 72.8 percent of voters want to leave it as it has already been enacted by parliament. More single trails for bikers are not an argument for them to reject the revised regulations.

Mountain bikers in Zug have launched a referendum against the new forest law. This only allows biking on a strictly defined network of paths. A victory for the bikers at the ballot box would be a big surprise. Nevertheless, IG-MTB-Zug President Manuel Siegrist does not see trail biking on the brink of collapse.

Lucerne has so far not been a friend of trail biking. This makes the media release that the canton recently sent out all the more remarkable: It wants to "pursue the principle of coexistence on hiking trails", it says. Riding on single trails is still almost completely prohibited in the canton of Lucerne.

The canton of Zug now only allows mountain biking on roads and designated bike routes. It is not yet clear which routes may be used. Mountain bikers fear far-reaching bans and are now collecting signatures against the new forest law.

Something is happening in Central Switzerland! A workshop with the region's certified mountain bike guides was the start. Now the aim is to further develop the bike destination of Central Switzerland together.