{"id":7865,"date":"2014-03-06T21:33:35","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T21:33:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/?p=7865"},"modified":"2023-10-18T20:06:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T03:06:56","slug":"ny-times-indianapolis-greenways-supercharge-the-local-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeroute.com\/NationalBicycleGreenwayNews\/2014\/03\/06\/ny-times-indianapolis-greenways-supercharge-the-local-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Times: Irvin’s Indianapolis Greenways Supercharge the Local Economy"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following article that appeared in the New York Times, is a small example \u00a0 of the kind of impact Ray Irvin<\/a>, Mr Greenway, and our unofficial leader, has had on what has become the center of the Greenway Universe, Indianapolis:<\/p>\n

\"0309HEADSUP-master675\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

F<\/span>or an old car town, Indianapolis has been doing a lot for biking lately. A new eight-mile landscaped bike and pedestrian pathway is helping residents rediscover their city and reshaping how outsiders view it. The trail is putting Indianapolis on the map as a place to see bold innovation, along with the Colts and some car races in a town long known as an international racing capital, home to the Indy 500 and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Indianapolis Cultural Trail<\/strong>, unveiled last May, took 12 years to plan and six more to construct. Funded by private donations and federal grants, the $62.5 million result is an accessible urban connective tissue \u2014 an amoeba of paths shot through with lush greenery and commissioned works of public art.<\/p>\n

[..]<\/p>\n

Residents and visitors from nearby cities like Cincinnati and Louisville, Ky., are using the trail to explore Indianapolis with new enthusiasm, city officials said, and more convention planners are now choosing Indianapolis because of it. Planners from cities including Cologne, Germany; Portland, Ore.; and Miami have also come to take stock of the trail that Indianapolis has blazed.<\/p>\n

More<\/a><\/p>\n

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The following article that appeared in the New York Times, is a small example \u00a0 of the kind of impact… 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":[83,72,35,73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indianapolis","category-nbg","category-ray-irvin-mr-greenway","category-uncategorized-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3VuuR-22R","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":7865,"position":0},"title":"Ray Irvin at Chicago – Indianapolis – Cincinnati September Mayors’ 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. 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