Building and Using Bicycle Trails with the East Coast Greenway

What if there was a way to bike from Maine to Florida on a car-free trail!? The East Coast Greenway is aiming to create such an option for all of us spanning over 3,000 miles.

On this Mappy Hour LIVE, the Mid-Atlantic Coordinator Daniel Paschall will join us to speak on:

*What is the Greenway and what are the big picture goals?
*How does this trail get built? What local processes take place to connect sections?
*A few ideas for where to go by bike for our NYC, DC & PHL crowd

This event is part of a summer long series with Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. dedicated to bikepacking. Grab a cold brew and join us to learn skills, hear stories and start planning your summer of biking and camping. Join in.

TIME STAMPS
2:58 presentation start
4:03 Daniel Paschall introduction
“I’m a nerd, for many things”
4:43 Daniel’s upbringing (Blue Ridge Mountains, Waterford VA, Loudoun County)
5:51 Daniel’s adventures around the country
7:10 celebrating public spaces
8:28 planning and securing public space
9:21 “That(the importance of public greenways) really brought me to trails”
10:20 “It’s really important to acknowledge that this land was occupied by indigenous peoples before harm and displacement and really, brutality dispossessed the land.”
11:16 Route introduction à 15 states + DC, 25 major cities, 450 communities, 25 million people within 5 miles
12:14 East Coast Greenway Alliance
13:25 So what kind of standards for building a Greenway are we talking about?
14:50 inclusivity is important! What does an anti-racist greenway look like?
15:59 Trail use has increased significantly during the COVID-19 pandemic
17:36 Regional connections in the East Coast Greenway
24:05 some connections that you can bring bikes on in public transit (ferries, Metro-North, Amtrak)
24:49 How do we build the Greenway?
29:19 Capital Trails Coalition
29:49 East Coast Greenway Mid-Atlantic Region
30:38 East Coast Greenway state pages
shows designated trails in New York, DC, etc.
31:29 Daniel’s favorite spots in NYC…
32:19 …and DC and the Metro Area
32:53 NYC-Philly Ride Spring 2021
Route: New York City-Princeton-Philadelphia
35:31 Greenway resources
36:05 Q1: Any coordination between East Coast Greenway and Rails to Trails?
“We work closely with Rails to Trails on highlighting some of those trails that need more support, need ways to get involved, same with DC, Baltimore, and (maybe) Miami”
37:43 Q3: What are bikepacking forums you speak of?
A: There’s a whole host of forums (Adventure Cycling is a big one), like touring, biking ones, Reddit also has a couple

[johneric]

Excellent video terrific work, I did subscribe.