{"id":10195,"date":"2015-11-05T20:29:12","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T04:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=10195"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:00:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:00:43","slug":"one-of-americas-most-auto-centric-cities-ditches-the-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/11\/05\/one-of-americas-most-auto-centric-cities-ditches-the-car\/","title":{"rendered":"One of America\u2019s Most Auto-Centric Cities Ditches the Car"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Indianapolis1b.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/11\/05\/one-of-americas-most-auto-centric-cities-ditches-the-car\/indianapolis1b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Indianapolis1b.jpg?fit=775%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"775,518\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Indianapolis1b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Indianapolis1b.jpg?fit=775%2C518&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-10196\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Indianapolis1b.jpg?resize=775%2C518\" alt=\"Indianapolis1b\" width=\"775\" height=\"518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Indianapolis1b.jpg?w=775&amp;ssl=1 775w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Indianapolis1b.jpg?resize=600%2C401&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">T<\/span><\/strong>his is what has become of Indianapolis the Rust Belt City that Mr Greenway, Ray Irvin, first transformed with <a href=\"http:\/\/http;\/\/IndyGreenways.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indy Greenways<\/a>. If all goes according to plan, I will be showing you what Indy (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/indexNBGBikingCities.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NBG Anchor City<\/a> #15) looks like next Spring \u00a0from the seat of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lightningbikes.com\/voyager\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lighting P-38 Voyager<\/a><\/strong> model that folds to fit in a suitcase. As part of the plan, I also hope to be traveling with my new book, <strong>&#8220;Are You Strong Enough to Love, How Love Reawakened Me and How it Can Revitalize You, our Communities, Nation and the World as it Builds the National Bicycle Greenway&#8221;<\/strong>. You can even become a part of my new\u00a0book <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/lovebook\">HERE<\/a><\/strong> !<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.takepart.com\/article\/2015\/10\/28\/indianapolis-ditches-car-bikes-and-walking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STORY<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\"><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is what has become of Indianapolis the Rust Belt City that Mr Greenway, Ray Irvin, first transformed with Indy&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/11\/05\/one-of-americas-most-auto-centric-cities-ditches-the-car\/\">read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[58,83,105,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-greenway","category-indianapolis","category-lightning-p-38","category-ray-irvin-mr-greenway"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-2Er","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9089,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2015\/02\/09\/ray-irvin-at-chicago-indianapolis-cincinnati-september-mayors-ride\/","url_meta":{"origin":10195,"position":0},"title":"Ray Irvin at Chicago &#8211; Indianapolis &#8211; Cincinnati September Mayors&#8217; Ride","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"I will use my visit to the Cincinnati area to do a Chicago - Indianapolis - Cincinnati Mayors' Ride. And Mr. Greenway, Ray Irvin <link>, who led the charge that transformed Indianapolis, a once dying Rust Belt city, with greenways wants to participate! Ray and I plan to meet with\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indianapolis&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Screen shot 2015-02-09 at 3.57.09 PM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-shot-2015-02-09-at-3.57.09-PM-600x348.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-shot-2015-02-09-at-3.57.09-PM-600x348.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-shot-2015-02-09-at-3.57.09-PM-600x348.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Screen-shot-2015-02-09-at-3.57.09-PM-600x348.png?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1328,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/08\/15\/ray-irvin-mr-greenway-speaks-with-nbg\/","url_meta":{"origin":10195,"position":1},"title":"Ray Irvin &#8211; Mr Greenway, speaks with NBG!!","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"August 15, 2011","format":"audio","excerpt":"Ray Irvin, world renowned Mr. Greenway of Indianapolis, talks about how his greenway work has changed the landscape and social-economic structure of a town once known mostly for its motor-speedway. Here he is pictured with National Bicycle Greenway scout, Scott Campbell who helped plot our bike route across America per\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Greenway&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Greenway","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/greenway\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/photo-8.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/photo-8.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/photo-8.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15820,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/01\/08\/indy-to-chicago-nbg-markers-made-in-indianapolis\/","url_meta":{"origin":10195,"position":2},"title":"Indy to Chicago NBG Markers &#8211; Made in Indianapolis?","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"January 8, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Here in the Greenway Capital of America is a mile marker I pass every day on the trail behind the Zoo just before I cross the White River. It is one of the original mile markers on the White River Full Circle Trail developed by Mr Greenway himself, Ray R\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Chicago&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Chicago","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/chicago\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/136350986_2817934415160919_3742192969826380887_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/136350986_2817934415160919_3742192969826380887_o.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/136350986_2817934415160919_3742192969826380887_o.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13009,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2017\/07\/14\/sunday-july-16-is-2017-indianapolis-nbg-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":10195,"position":3},"title":"Sunday, July 16, is 2017 Indianapolis NBG Day!","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"July 14, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"You can learn more about the Father of Greenways,\u00a0Ray R Irvin, the man who transformed a once dying Rust Belt city with people powered pathways, here at the podcast he and I did together..","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Indianapolis&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Indianapolis","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/category\/indianapolis\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Indy Proc 2017","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Indy-Proc-2017.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Indy-Proc-2017.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Indy-Proc-2017.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Indy-Proc-2017.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Indy-Proc-2017.jpg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15918,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/02\/25\/mr-greenway-to-mark-first-180-miles-of-nbg\/","url_meta":{"origin":10195,"position":4},"title":"Mr. Greenway to Mark First 180 Miles of NBG!\u00a0","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"February 25, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Ray Irvin, the man who led the charge that transformed Indianapolis from a dying Rust Belt city into the Greenway Capital of the World, has agreed to mark the National Bicycle Greenway route from Indy to Chicago! 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