Per the schedule detailed below, to make the National Bicycle Greenway real between Indianapolis and Washington, DC, we need to get 714 marker poles in the ground. Concurrently, we will only need to develop 5, two-block marker sections. This is so because we only need to get to Pittsburgh. It is from there to the Nations Capital, for 336 miles, the going along the Great Allegheny Passage and the C&O Canal path is Car Free.
Going the other way, from Indianapolis to San Francisco, we will need to get 2,692 marker poles in the ground and develop 35 two-block sections. Unlike the Eastern end of the NBG, without the benefit of the 336-mile GAP trail and C&O path, the Western end needs a lot more of our attention. This is because in roughly the same amount of space covered by the GAP/C&O, between San Francisco and Reno (369 miles/poles), there are 20 two-block sections that will need to be developed.
What the initial National Bicycle Greenway will look like
(our first 40 two-block sections)
(our first 40 two-block sections)
The landscape architects we contract with will use three dimensional computer renderings and/or physical models that demonstrate the enhancements and upgrades we foresee for our first 40 two-block sections. They will present everything from protected and/or separated bike lanes, to bike present signage alerts, bicycle rest areas with drinking fountains, kiosks and benches, signal timing adjustments, traffic calming measures, lawn and garden filled easements, bike friendly curb cuts, road striping, and etc. Items specific to certain areas such as bike tunnels and overpasses, etc, all the way down to our minimum roadway standard of a four to six-foot wide striped bike lane will also be exhibited.
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