Overview - “How America can Bike and Grow Rich, The National Bicycle Greenway Manifesto”

1. San Francisco - The Hardest Part is Getting Started
Ride mechanics- w/Busycle, BioDiesel Bus, how keep ride in real time online, etc
How Mayors’ Ride build NBG explained to press
SF CIty Hall Mayor proclamation & gift for Boston
Pay for Greenway with parking fees to also reduce congestion dialogue
Thomas Stevvens 125 year anniversary of biking across America
Market St to Ferry Building Bike Parade

2. Oakland a Beautiful Bike City
Ferry the Magic & History of the SF Bay
Ride Jack London’s home turf
Promenade Oakland’s crown jewel, Lake Merritt with youth bike group
NBG Business plan of Hubs, Stores, Museums, Recycled Bike, etc described to kids

3. Berkeley to Napa
How movement toward bicycling aligns with history of shifts in consciousness
Ride Dialogue Bikes & infrastructure for old and non athletic people
Vignette: Show/Explain HIwheel to Old Man, Grandson
Napa Mayor’s reception fun
Calistoga town visit & explain benefits of being Car Free, NBG drunk driver program

4. Sacto to Reno
Breakfast Dialogue HiWheel Ride up American River Trail Sacto to Folsom
Dialogue outside food store how Mayors’ Ride could be a “Survivor” TV series
How Mormon Immigrant trail opened CA to the East & ride over the Sierras on it
Reno History including its bike racing and former home turf for Greg Lemond
Reno reception

5. Reno to Salt Lake City
Ride America’s Loneliest Road across Nevada
Salt Lake City History including Temple Square, its layout and railroads
Salt Lake City reception

6. Salt Lake City to Boulder/Golden/Denver
Ride over Trailridge - World’s HIghest Highway
HiWheel legend Steve Stevens and Boulder & Golden receptions
Why I traded recumbent for HiWheel to help the NBG
How the recumbent will help get America back on a bike
Denver History and reception

7. Denver to Omaha
Riding historic Hwy 30 - how this corridor settled the West
Part Omaha played in opening Hwy 30/Platte River Basin
How Omaha opening West again - to People Power

8. Omaha to Des Moines
Ride to Des Moines
Des Moines agricultural past and white collar/recreation future
Des Moines reception

9. Des Moines to Chicago
Ride to Chicago
How Chicago killed the cowboy & changed the way the world eats
A national trend setter, how Chicago was also once world bicycle leader
How Chicago & its Mayor pushing bicycle to forefront once again

10. Chicago to Indianapolis
A dying Rust Belt City, how Indy reinvented itself with Greenways
Ray Irvin, Mr Greenway - how make his system national (w/interview in appendix)
Indianapolis reception

11. Indianapolis to Cincinnati
Cincy History and where name came from
Bike People of Cincy
Cincy reception

12. Cincinnati to Columbus
Annual Parade Ride with city officials and bike dignitaries to City Hall
Columbus reception
Councillor/Cyclist Mary Ellen O’Shaugnessey
Columbus History

13. Columbus to Pittsburgh
How Pittsburgh shaped the transportation history of the world
Pittsburgh excitement of receiving first ever Mayors’ Ride relay from DC
Mayor Tom and Ro Fischer introduce NBG & Mayors’ Ride to America
Venture Outdoors receives us at their festival

14. Pittsburgh to DC
Troy Bogdan leads us down C&O canal path to DC
DC History
DC reception
Ride to nearby Mount Rainier, the home of Cycle America 2000
Mount Rainier History
Mayors Fred & Melinda welcome us to Mount Rainier

15. DC to Baltimore
How Baltimore’s position as a shipping & transportation hub shaped American history
Baltimore, a city of firsts, its contributions to present day American transportation
Baltimore’s fall and rise from ashes
Baltimore reception

16. Baltimore to Philadelphia
Janet Panic music reception at Jay’s Pedal Powered Bikes
Tour Independence Park to HiWheel led cavalcade to City Hall
Philadelphia History
Philadelphia reception

17. Philadelphia to New York CIty
Ride Along Hudson to Manhattan historic City Hall & reception
Brooklyn Bridge crossing, its rich history and ride up Long Island to Port Jeff ferry
Circus Promoter, PT Barnum’s Ferry to Bridgeport, CT (where he was also the Mayor)
Dialogue how NBG biz plan w/saturate mass consciousness with bikes

18. New York CIty to Boston
Ride up Post Road with its forgotten history
The Providence, RI Story - history & reception
Cape Cod Rail Trail wonder ride to Provincetown and it history
Boston reception w/tell press how NBG similar to first US Hwy, the Lincoln
Boston History & later 1960’s wrecking ball casualties
The birthplace of bicycle in America coming full circle

Appendix
San Francisco Transportation History
Boston Transportation History
Lincoln Highway - first coast to coast highway & NBG similarities
Busycle - how it can save the planet
Ray Irvin, Mr Greenway Interview
Why I Ride Hi
Why Locals Need Support National Bicycle Greenway
GM & Rail & Taken for a Ride (Movie citation)
NYC & Robert Moses (Book citation)

About the Author:
NBG Director, Martin Krieg, has pedaled across the nation twice. The 1986 ride he did for the National Head Head Injury Foundation on a recumbent bicycle reached 40 million people for the cause of head Injury in and amongst his public speaking and TV and radio appearances. For seven years, until 1994, his company Cycle America, published many tens of thousands of bicycle guides of which the theme was the National Bicycle Greenway (NBG) and long distance bike touring.

The nonprofit organization that became official in 1989, the National Bicycle Greenway, has, since that time, launched and celebrated, many with festivals, seven coast to coast bike crossings. The NBG has also produced five successful coast to coast Mayors' Ride campaigns and not only has Krieg written the book “How to Bike America”, but he has also personally inspired, coached and consulted on over a dozen other successful transcontinental bikes rides.


“How America Can Bike and Grow Rich, The National Bicycle Greenway Manifesto” (HBG) is author, Martin Krieg’s much awaited sequel to “Awake Again”, the true story of his two bike rides across America after first rehabilitating himself from two months in a coma, right side paralysis and clinical death. His new book shows the life work he prescribed for himself in his autobiography. HBG is set around the visualization he long has held, with the nonprofit organization he established, the National Bicycle Greenway (NBG), for a coast to coast network of bikeable roads and paths Transecting the country for a third time, Krieg will be doing this ride on an antique, 19th century HiWheel bicycle. Besides the bio-diesel bus that will support his ride as it also tows the 15-person Busycle to the 23 Mayors’ Ride cities that stand between San Francisco and Boston, Krieg’s book will cover a wide range of topics. For example, he will be using his speeches and dialogue with reporters and the people he meets along the way to describe the many benefits that will accrue from a fully actualized NBG.			Rich in well researched history, Krieg’s book also shows how it was transportation that shaped the America that we know. And as he and his small group move from Mayors’ Ride city to Mayors’ Ride city, he will be showing how worthy bicycle infrastructure can renew not only the health of our cities but increase the wellness of our collective body, mind and soul. The philosophies and perfect world scenarios that he has woven through out the book about a more two wheel centered America, have deep roots. Much of the foundation of Krieg’s writing is built upon his decades of experience as a cyclist, his two bike rides across America and the business plan that he long has updated as a work in progress for the National Bicycle Greenway. As more and more people become aware of the troubles facing Mother Earth and look for ways to reduce the size of their carbon footprint, Krieg’s book offers timely solutions to the mess we have made of our planet.

		2010 Author Tour
	“How America can Bike and Grow Rich, The National Bicycle Greenway Manifesto” Overview 1. San Francisco - The Hardest Part is Getting Started Ride mechanics- w/Busycle, BioDiesel Bus, how keep ride in real time online, etc How Mayors’ Ride build NBG explained to press SF CIty Hall Mayor proclamation & gift for Boston Pay for Greenway with parking fees to also reduce congestion dialogue Thomas Stevvens 125 year anniversary of biking across America Market St to Ferry Building Bike Parade 2. Oakland a Beautiful Bike City Ferry the Magic & History of the SF Bay Ride Jack London’s home turf Promenade Oakland’s crown jewel, Lake Merritt with youth bike group NBG Business plan of Hubs, Stores, Museums, Recycled Bike, etc described to kids 3. Berkeley to Napa How movement toward bicycling aligns with history of shifts in consciousness Ride Dialogue Bikes & infrastructure for old and non athletic people Vignette: Show/Explain HIwheel to Old Man, Grandson Napa Mayor’s reception fun Calistoga town visit & explain benefits of being Car Free, NBG drunk driver program 4. Sacto to Reno Breakfast Dialogue HiWheel Ride up American River Trail Sacto to Folsom Dialogue outside food store how Mayors’ Ride could be a “Survivor” TV series How Mormon Immigrant trail opened CA to the East & ride over the Sierras on it Reno History including its bike racing and former home turf for Greg Lemond Reno reception 5. Reno to Salt Lake City Ride America’s Loneliest Road across Nevada Salt Lake City History including Temple Square, its layout and railroads Salt Lake City reception 6. Salt Lake City to Boulder/Golden/Denver Ride over Trailridge - World’s HIghest Highway HiWheel legend Steve Stevens and Boulder & Golden receptions Why I traded recumbent for HiWheel to help the NBG How the recumbent will help get America back on a bike Denver History and reception 7. Denver to Omaha Riding historic Hwy 30 - how this corridor settled the West Part Omaha played in opening Hwy 30/Platte River Basin How Omaha opening West again - to People Power 8. Omaha to Des Moines Ride to Des Moines Des Moines agricultural past and white collar/recreation future Des Moines reception 9. Des Moines to Chicago Ride to Chicago How Chicago killed the cowboy & changed the way the world eats A national trend setter, how Chicago was also once world bicycle leader How Chicago & its Mayor pushing bicycle to forefront once again 10. Chicago to Indianapolis A dying Rust Belt City, how Indy reinvented itself with Greenways Ray Irvin, Mr Greenway - how make his system national (w/interview in appendix) Indianapolis reception 11. Indianapolis to Cincinnati Cincy History and where name came from Bike People of Cincy Cincy reception 12. Cincinnati to Columbus Annual Parade Ride with city officials and bike dignitaries to City Hall Columbus reception Councillor/Cyclist Mary Ellen O’Shaugnessey Columbus History 13. Columbus to Pittsburgh How Pittsburgh shaped the transportation history of the world Pittsburgh excitement of receiving first ever Mayors’ Ride relay from DC Mayor Tom and Ro Fischer introduce NBG & Mayors’ Ride to America Venture Outdoors receives us at their festival 14. Pittsburgh to DC Troy Bogdan leads us down C&O canal path to DC DC History DC reception Ride to nearby Mount Rainier, the home of Cycle America 2000 Mount Rainier History Mayors Fred & Melinda welcome us to Mount Rainier 15. DC to Baltimore How Baltimore’s position as a shipping & transportation hub shaped American history Baltimore, a city of firsts, its contributions to present day American transportation Baltimore’s fall and rise from ashes Baltimore reception 16. Baltimore to Philadelphia Janet Panic music reception at Jay’s Pedal Powered Bikes Tour Independence Park to HiWheel led cavalcade to City Hall Philadelphia History Philadelphia reception 17. Philadelphia to New York CIty Ride Along Hudson to Manhattan historic City Hall & reception Brooklyn Bridge crossing, its rich history and ride up Long Island to Port Jeff ferry Circus Promoter, PT Barnum’s Ferry to Bridgeport, CT (where he was also the Mayor) Dialogue how NBG biz plan w/saturate mass consciousness with bikes 18. New York CIty to Boston Ride up Post Road with its forgotten history The Providence, RI Story - history & reception Cape Cod Rail Trail wonder ride to Provincetown and it history Boston reception w/tell press how NBG similar to first US Hwy, the Lincoln Boston History & later 1960’s wrecking ball casualties The birthplace of bicycle in America coming full circle Appendix San Francisco Transportation History Boston Transportation History Lincoln Highway - first coast to coast highway & NBG similarities Busycle - how it can save the planet Ray Irvin, Mr Greenway Interview Why I Ride Hi Why Locals Need Support National Bicycle Greenway GM & Rail & Taken for a Ride (Movie citation) NYC & Robert Moses (Book citation) About the Author: NBG Director, Martin Krieg, has pedaled across the nation twice. The 1986 ride he did for the National Head Head Injury Foundation on a recumbent bicycle reached 40 million people for the cause of head Injury in and amongst his public speaking and TV and radio appearances. For seven years, until 1994, his company Cycle America, published many tens of thousands of bicycle guides of which the theme was the National Bicycle Greenway (NBG) and long distance bike touring. The nonprofit organization that became official in 1989, the National Bicycle Greenway, has, since that time, launched and celebrated, many with festivals, seven coast to coast bike crossings. The NBG has also produced five successful coast to coast Mayors' Ride campaigns and not only has Krieg written the book “How to Bike America”, but he has also personally inspired, coached and consulted on over a dozen other successful transcontinental bikes rides. YES I want to be notified when this book comes out!