October 20, 2010 | Story by: staff | Categories: Community, Environment, Featured, Fitness
Cary, NC – Area nonprofits, government leaders, and businesses will put on a bicycle ride from one end of the Triangle to the other this Friday afternoon, October 22nd.
Officially, it’s called the “Raleigh-Durham Cross Triangle Ride,” but since most of it traverses Cary, we changed the title a wee bit. From the organizers:
Connecting two of the Triangle’s leading landmarks, cyclists will bike a total of 39 miles from the NC Museum of Art in Raleigh to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park lawn. Along a route that is mostly off-road and separated from car traffic, participants will be celebrating trail progress in the region and calling on elected leaders to close the few gaps remaining to achieve a family-friendly route that connects Triangle communities for green and healthy commutes and recreation.
Ride details and sign up down below.
More Info on the Cross Triangle Greenway
The organizers sent along this info as well:
Organizers see the Cross Triangle Greenway as crucial in the local economic recovery process. It will make the region a key tourist hub along the East Coast Greenway that goes all the way from Canada to Key West, Florida. Pittsboro native and East Coast Greenway Alliance Director Dennis Markatos-Soriano remarked that, “We are proud that the construction of this trail can help provide three of the ingredients needed for economic recovery: jobs, low-cost transportation, and lower health costs due to better fitness and improved air quality.”
Recent progress along the American Tobacco Trail and other regional corridors are perfect stepping stones to a united system that brings the Triangle community together. A completed Cross Triangle Greenway will give the region prominence nationally as a leader in sustainable and healthy transportation.
Ride Details
The ride is free and open to the public.
People should RSVP to info@greenway.org for a spot.
NC Secretary of Transportation Gene Conti and other leaders will be on hand to celebrate the ride. For more ride details, go to CrossTriangleGreenway.org.
Organizers
The East Coast Greenway Alliance is the lead organizer. Ride partners and sponsors include North Carolina Rail-Trails (http://www.ncrailtrails.org), REI, the American Tobacco Campus, SAS, GoTriangle.org, Triangle Transit, Greenway Transit, individual Dave Connelly, Organic Transit, DWM Foundation’s Triangle Commuter Bike Initiative, the Music Loft, Markatos Photography, and The Bicycle Chain.
About The East Coast Greenway Alliance
The East Coast Greenway Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to establishing a safe, accessible 3,000-mile greenway from Maine to Florida.
Known as “the urban Appalachian Trail,” the East Coast Greenway connects major urban centers along the east coast for pedestrians, bicyclists, and other green, muscle-powered forms of transportation.
More info at Greenway.org.
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Photo by Jimmy Harris.
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