{"id":16205,"date":"2021-09-30T04:17:56","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T11:17:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=16205"},"modified":"2023-10-18T19:58:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T02:58:35","slug":"the-usa-is-half-empty-why-the-nbg-needs-to-be-where-the-people-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2021\/09\/30\/the-usa-is-half-empty-why-the-nbg-needs-to-be-where-the-people-are\/","title":{"rendered":"The USA is Half Empty – Why the NBG Needs To Be Where the People Are"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Did you know the U.S. is actually almost half empty? With relatively little emptiness east of the Mississippi? As such, that is where the bulk of greenway work needs to be done – where we need to work with the people who will be affected by the travelway we foresee. Why we moved our operation to the Crossroads of America, Indianapolis.<\/span><\/div>\n

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There are 1.78 million sq. miles where no one lives in America. These lands are made up of large wilderness areas, filled with uninhabitable mountains, endless deserts and off-limits nature reserves. There are also endless miles of farmland and military installations, etc. With little in the way of traffic, it is in this open space where the bike routes we have specced out will have little change.<\/span><\/div>\n

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\u2028With the above in mind, instead of starting in San Francisco, we will begin the push to get our route marked starting in Washington DC. Since the first 300 or so miles are known thanks to the C&O Canal and Great Allegheny Passage, NBG signage will head west from Pittsburgh. It is here that we will dial in the Pittsburgh to Columbus connection with rides that we will be calling for.<\/p>\n

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Ditto for Columbus to Cincinnati. Cincinnati to Indianapolis and Indianapolis to Chicago!<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the map you see here, green represents open space…..<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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