{"id":13400,"date":"2018-09-12T12:26:49","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T19:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=13400"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:59:28","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:59:28","slug":"how-we-will-use-indianapolis-to-build-the-san-francisco-to-washington-dc-national-bicycle-greenway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/12\/how-we-will-use-indianapolis-to-build-the-san-francisco-to-washington-dc-national-bicycle-greenway\/","title":{"rendered":"How we will use Indianapolis to build the San Francisco to Washington, DC National Bicycle Greenway."},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">T<\/span><\/strong>his is the new introduction for\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2FBikeRoute.com%2F&amp;h=AT27dNk0gmfoVdy0Zg5o7J3NZx5AJ08HDhOMcwa9tY-psYPeBSM18JQuvQIxFC_flye8F5xQ-CMpEMfEe7Y-WriZPUu0b0GrZQUPufh58IqXo5WPXNFbgenvf5V9KjXbtavN1HtL5gnGdW4fHGD6SiJj6Es_U008gY51i0MQ_PI_UIL11qZTNkK2MxRCE7WG6bZT8DJ06tgLUPGn8s6JVxeJ7S1Vze74zipJ5nYZrFHwtmCv65lBY6eDxsi4l2bWvqjUhCynSu5ay9tFBGH22XKKAogpGw4QQoH1XRBTScAEGoIdzKsnhJAukAKqHxjPRfM817BZpRIKGsYc8D7jVKWt7WX1AofLM_GtmTk7jN7z0Ewqe4hVa39L4O97VZe9BbUzaMuOzsz-7LbG_5OTED_qOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;-U&quot;}\" data-lynx-mode=\"async\">http:\/\/BikeRoute.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0where links for the below can all be accessed!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13401\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/12\/how-we-will-use-indianapolis-to-build-the-san-francisco-to-washington-dc-national-bicycle-greenway\/screen-shot-2018-09-12-at-3-38-50-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-12-at-3.38.50-PM.png?fit=574%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"574,580\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2018-09-12 at 3.38.50 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-12-at-3.38.50-PM.png?fit=574%2C580&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-13401 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Screen-Shot-2018-09-12-at-3.38.50-PM.png?resize=397%2C401\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-09-12 at 3.38.50 PM\" width=\"397\" height=\"401\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By combining the work our NBG Scouts did from 1998 to 2010, with the crowd sourced bike route data that Google now has on line, the above is the San Francisco to Washington, DC connection we are proposing. To turn it into a greenway, safe for cyclists, in mirroring w<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">hat Carl Fisher did with the Lincoln Highway (America&#8217;s first coast-to-coast car road described HERE), we have moved our operation to where the Lincoln was based &#8211; Indianapolis! Not only will we be broadcasting this example, we will be using Martin Krieg\u2019s new book, detailed below, to shine light on another Indianapolis earth shaking difference maker.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"text_exposed_show\">\n<p>When business people here got together to try to replicate all the success its Greenway system was having at the edges of town with one that would revitalize the city core, their result, the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, has caused the city to come alive with a powerful and exciting vitality. In building America\u2019s first Downtown Greenway, they also put in place the shimmering example we will be encouraging the major population centers along our route to replicate. And when they do. when they too fill with cyclists, the push we have long foreseen for greenways all across America that connect to these new centers of fun will become the new way business is done in the USA!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the new introduction for\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/BikeRoute.com\u00a0where links for the below can all be accessed! By combining the work our NBG&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2018\/09\/12\/how-we-will-use-indianapolis-to-build-the-san-francisco-to-washington-dc-national-bicycle-greenway\/\">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":[83,108],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis","category-national-bicycle-greenway"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-3u8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16072,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/06\/21\/coast-to-coast-map-at-ride-with-gps-shows-why-the-national-bicycle-greenway-is-centered-around-indianapolis\/","url_meta":{"origin":13400,"position":0},"title":"Coast-to-Coast Map at Ride with GPS Shows Why Indianapolis is the Center of the National Bicycle Greenway","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"June 21, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"New National Bicycle Greenway map at Ride with GPS communicates the importance of Indianapolis to connecting the coasts with our bike way. 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