A 3,000-mile route from Maine to Florida!
Channel: Active Towns
Date: 2023-03-10

Brent Buice, Manager of South Carolina and Georgia with the East Coast Greenway, provides us with a snapshot of this extraordinary effort that connects 15 states and 450 cities and towns for 3,000 miles from Maine to Florida. The initiative is fostering a safe walking and biking route through the country’s most populated corridor.

The idea is not that far-fetched. I routinely ride on safe and invited separated multi-use pathways, cycle paths, and bicycle priority streets (fietsstraaten) from one Dutch village or city and the next. Often times following a canal, but sometimes cutting through farmland, countryside, and along wilderness preserve areas.

Helpful Links (note that some may include affiliate links to help me support the channel):
- East Coast Greenway website: https://www.greenway.org/
- My CNU26 video featuring Brent: https://youtu.be/9qz5JCYM0b0
- My CNU26 Epic Ride video: https://youtu.be/gk0M96pbp9Q
- Greenways For All: https://www.greenwaysforall.org/
- Greenways For All on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GreenwaysforAll
- Recent thru Unicycle rider of the ECG: http://bit.ly/3YAjgWa
- Bike Athens: https://www.bikeathens.org/
- Georgia Bikes: https://georgiabikes.org/
- Rails to Trails Conservancy: https://www.railstotrails.org/
- Pathways through Parks with Not Just Bikes Jason Slaughter: https://youtu.be/6TVqQKpg2hM
- Landing page for the episode: https://www.activetowns.org/2023/03/10/east-coast-greenway/
- Audio-only version and transcript: http://bit.ly/3YxxqY8

Video timeline/chapters:
0:00:00 Cold Open
0:01:22 Start of Episode
0:08:56 Greenway Overview
0:13:46 Route of Greenway
0:15:10 Path Funding
0:17:13 DOT Relationship
0:18:58 Unicycle Through Ride
0:20:30 Multi Functional 
0:23:44 Greenway Director
0:25:35 Pick Your Adventure
0:28:43 Bike Business
0:35:16 Ease of Change
0:40:05 Political Support
0:49:53 Suburban Context
0:55:20 Closing Thoughts

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Credits: Video and audio production by John Simmerman

Music via Epidemic Sound: https://bit.ly/3rFLErD

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Background: 
Hi Everyone! My name is John Simmerman, and I’m a health promotion and public health professional with over 30 years of experience. Over the years, my area of concentration has evolved into a specialization in how the built environment influences human behavior related to active living and especially active mobility.

Since 2010,  I've been exploring, documenting, and profiling established, emerging, and aspiring Active Towns wherever they might be while striving to produce high-quality multimedia content to help inspire the creation of more safe and inviting, environments that promote a "Culture of Activity" for "All Ages & Abilities."

The Active Towns Channel features my original video content and reflections, including a selection of podcast episodes and short films profiling the positive and inspiring efforts happening around the world as I am able to experience and document them. 

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Creative Commons License: Attributions, Non-Commercial, No Derivatives, 2023