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Raleigh greenway’s march to 100 miles: A progress report

23. August 2010

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Raleigh greenway’s march to 100 miles: A progress report

I had just said hello to Vic Lebsock when the inevitable happened: A woman walked up and wanted to know the status of a greenway planned through her neighborhood, a greenway years from construction, she knew, but she just had to know the latest. Lebsock excused himself and dutifully walked the woman over to an [...]

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Mining a solution to Raleigh’s missing greenway link

21. August 2010

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Mining a solution to Raleigh’s missing greenway link

Thursday evening, Sig Hutchinson and Vic Lebsock shared their respective visions of the Triangle greenway scene at the monthly meeting of the Sierra Club’s Capital Group chapter. Hutchinson represented a more future-oriented, farsighted approach that deals in both reality and hopeful thinking both necessary to The Big Picture, Lebsock with the laser-focused nearsightedness required keep [...]

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Rolesville grows a park — and more

30. March 2010

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Rolesville grows a park — and more

Lately, I’ve had a gift for divining cool, off-the-radar municipal parks. First, there was the new White Deer Park in Garner (off the radar, perhaps, only because it only opened in November). A week later I rediscovered Cedarock Park in Alamance County. This past Saturday: Main Street Park in Rolesville.
The latter was perhaps the most [...]

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A bike for all reasons

1. March 2010

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A bike for all reasons

Over the years, I’ve written several pieces attempting to match the right bike with the right person. I’ve written about the right bike for aspiring commuters, I’ve written about the right bike for roadie wannabes, I’ve written about the right bike for people who want to take a spin on their local greenway and the [...]

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House Creek Greenway construction to begin in April

17. February 2010

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House Creek Greenway construction to begin in April

Raleigh will break ground in April on one of its most anticipated stretches of greenway: the 3-mile House Creek Greenway. Runners, bikers, distance walkers and other greenway enthusiasts have been especially interested in the greenway because it will link the 11 miles of completed Crabtree Creek Greenway to the east with about 14 miles of [...]

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White Oak greenway stretch to close for two years

13. February 2010

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White Oak greenway stretch to close for two years

The good news: The long-awaited promise of being able to take a greenway from near downtown Raleigh to the heart of downtown Durham came a step closer to reality last week with the unofficial opening of the 4.6-mile Chatham County section of the American Tobacco Trail. It’s now possible to walk/run/bike/equestriate for 13.8 miles on [...]

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Durham trail a mountain biking gateway for kids

25. January 2010

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Durham trail a mountain biking gateway for kids

Kids in the Eastlake and Capitol Hill neighborhoods of Seattle didn’t have a lot of fun places to ride bikes. Then the folks from the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance built the city’s first urban mountain bike skills park in the I-5 Colonnade Park. Kids in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan were in a similar [...]

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Greenway info now

20. January 2010

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Greenway info now

Until I start getting my greenway information up (see yesterday’s post), you can find information on your local greenways at the following parks & rec sites.
Triangle
Apex: Apex Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources — 7.7 miles of greenway.
Cary: Cary Parks, Recreation & Cultural Resources — 34 miles
Chapel Hill: Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation — 7.5 miles
Durham: [...]

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One word: Greenways

19. January 2010

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One word: Greenways

On this morning’s ride at Umstead with Alan and Tim, the conversation ranged, as it will on a good ride, from “Avatar,” to dinosaur dung http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coprolite  to, of course, biking. Alan and Tim are strong riders, and you might expect their end of the discussion to focus on training, technique, gear. And there was some [...]

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Weekend plans? (Other than freezing?)

8. January 2010

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Weekend plans? (Other than freezing?)

Not sure about you, but sometimes when the temperature isn’t supposed to get much above freezing I need a little extra incentive to get out and get going. Like Saturday’s “Kickoff to a Healthy New Year” event planned for  the American Tobacco Trail in southern Wake County. They’ve got all sorts of events planned to [...]

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