: a corridor of undeveloped land preserved for recreational use or environmental protection
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Related Articles Can a greenway transform one of the most dangerous and health-impacted corridors in California?
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Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
The concept has been pared back in recent years because a continuous waterside greenway was deemed impossible in some areas, including around yacht clubs.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
But for those involved in the project, those are small sacrifices for a greenway that could drastically improve health outcomes in local communities.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Today the 15-mile greenway is a hub of activity, including fly-fishers casting in shallow pools and college kids floating downstream in inner tubes.
—Robert Annis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2024
The trails will join the Carolina Thread Trail, a 15-county, two state network of connected greenways, trails and waterways.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
There are dozens of routes to pick from, from multi-use greenways to bike-friendly roads that will put you in the vicinity of vineyards, boutique hotels, quaint towns, and lots of cultural points of interest.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
Work on the section of trail, which will push the greenway closer to its ultimate goal of connecting downtown Indianapolis to Geist Reservoir in Hamilton County, is expected to begin in 2025.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
Ultimately, López envisions an interdependent transportation network of bikes, cars, buses, greenways and the metro linking up with a new regional rail system that would use the pathways of tracks abandoned when Bogotá ditched trains for cars roughly three-quarters of a century ago.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
Sierra Lopez, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
The concept has been pared back in recent years because a continuous waterside greenway was deemed impossible in some areas, including around yacht clubs.
—Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2024
But for those involved in the project, those are small sacrifices for a greenway that could drastically improve health outcomes in local communities.
—Will McCarthy, The Mercury News, 15 Mar. 2024
Today the 15-mile greenway is a hub of activity, including fly-fishers casting in shallow pools and college kids floating downstream in inner tubes.
—Robert Annis, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2024
The trails will join the Carolina Thread Trail, a 15-county, two state network of connected greenways, trails and waterways.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 9 Feb. 2024
There are dozens of routes to pick from, from multi-use greenways to bike-friendly roads that will put you in the vicinity of vineyards, boutique hotels, quaint towns, and lots of cultural points of interest.
—Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 26 Jan. 2024
Work on the section of trail, which will push the greenway closer to its ultimate goal of connecting downtown Indianapolis to Geist Reservoir in Hamilton County, is expected to begin in 2025.
—Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Jan. 2024
Ultimately, López envisions an interdependent transportation network of bikes, cars, buses, greenways and the metro linking up with a new regional rail system that would use the pathways of tracks abandoned when Bogotá ditched trains for cars roughly three-quarters of a century ago.
—Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Greenway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/greenway. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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