{"id":1348,"date":"2013-08-28T12:34:42","date_gmt":"2013-08-28T12:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nationalbicyclegreenway.wordpress.com\/?p=1348"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:57","slug":"rapid-transit-cycle-takes-first-position-on-nbg-map","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/08\/28\/rapid-transit-cycle-takes-first-position-on-nbg-map\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapid Transit Cycle Takes First Position on NBG Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid Transit Cycle, the bicycle giant of Chicago, whose business we have grown with starting with our production and long-time maintenance of their very first web page, has moved to the next level of their long-time National Bicycle Greenway sponsorship.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/24165202-p1080471_0-preview1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1349\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/08\/28\/rapid-transit-cycle-takes-first-position-on-nbg-map\/24165202-p1080471_0-preview1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/24165202-p1080471_0-preview1.jpg?fit=470%2C627&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"470,627\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"24165202-p1080471_0-preview1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/24165202-p1080471_0-preview1.jpg?fit=470%2C627&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1349 aligncenter\" alt=\"24165202-p1080471_0-preview1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/24165202-p1080471_0-preview1.jpg?resize=470%2C627\" width=\"470\" height=\"627\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/24165202-p1080471_0-preview1.jpg?w=470&amp;ssl=1 470w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/24165202-p1080471_0-preview1.jpg?resize=224%2C300&amp;ssl=1 224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 470px) 100vw, 470px\" \/><\/a><a title=\"2003\" href=\"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/04\/05\/hear-the-power-of-relationships-rapid-transit-chicago-style\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rapid Transit Podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In following the tradition of other American cycling leaders from Chicago, such as Schwinn and others in the former king of American cycling as this &lt;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NBGBikingCities\/Chicago\/ChicagoHistory.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>&gt;\u00a0 shows, Rapid Transit took the very first position on our coast-to-coast NBG map per this &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=201627949464435355894.0004e361d147766fa60ef&amp;msa=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>&gt;. Soon in addition to their handsome logo we will introduce this part of our map with (as we add all of their shops), I hope you can see all the possibilities for your business as we go on to build the community of where to Eat, Sleep, Visit, Play and. Shop purveyors that support Rapid Transit Cycle. This, as we repeat this process all across America to build the National Bicycle Greenway.<\/p>\n<p>As we also make the West Coast Greenway &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msid=201627949464435355894.0004e44de8f0b84101de3&amp;msa=0&amp;ll=40.913513,-112.280273&amp;spn=16.854701,38.540039\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a>&gt;\u00a0 real in the same way, we are now open for business. If you would like to get on either of our maps, contact us at NBG@BikeRoute.com.<\/p>\n<p>THX 4 all of U!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid Transit Cycle, the bicycle giant of Chicago, whose business we have grown with starting with our production and long-time&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2013\/08\/28\/rapid-transit-cycle-takes-first-position-on-nbg-map\/\">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":[37,99,34,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chicago","category-mayors-ride","category-nbg-route","category-recumbent"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-lK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1051,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2011\/04\/05\/hear-the-power-of-relationships-rapid-transit-chicago-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":1348,"position":0},"title":"HEAR THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIPS &#8211; RAPID TRANSIT CHICAGO STYLE","author":"awakeagainmartin@gmail.com","date":"April 5, 2011","format":"audio","excerpt":"April 5 2011, 5:36 AM\u00a0\u00a0by Martin Krieg I was finally able to lock two dynamic powerhouses down to one place at one time so I can now show you why I am so excited about what I have learned about them over the course of our 15 years of business\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\/2013\/06\/24165867-flysketchexport.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/24165867-flysketchexport.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/24165867-flysketchexport.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15918,"url":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/02\/25\/mr-greenway-to-mark-first-180-miles-of-nbg\/","url_meta":{"origin":1348,"position":1},"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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