Cross Triangle Greenway

Cabot Tour East Coast Greenway ride Saturday, June 2nd

dennis — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:37:51 +0000

We’re excited to announce the Cross Triangle East Coast Greenway 2012 ride set for Saturday morning, June 2nd! You can celebrate National Trails Day with the thru-riders going from Miami to Maine for up to 48 miles from Raleigh to Durham.

A map and cue sheets for the ride are available at: http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/78565956/

Please register for the ride here: http://ecgtrianglecabotride.eventbrite.com/

Schedule and Ride Options:

You can ride from a few miles to 48 miles with the cyclists. To join from their start (48-mile ride), meet at the Raleigh City Center Marriott (500 Fayetteville Street) before 7am for a 7:00 departure.

For a 41-mile ride, meet us at the NC Museum of Art (2110 Blue Ridge Road in western Raleigh). Be there before 7:30am for a departure with the group ~7:35.

For a 32-mile ride, meet us at North Cary Park (1100 Norwell Boulevard, Cary) rest stop. Be there by 8:15am for a departure ~8:30.

For a 17.5-mile ride, meet us at our White Oak Church ATT trailhead (1305 White Oak Church Road, Apex) rest stop. Be there by 9:45am for a departure ~10am.

For a kid-friendly 4-mile ride, meet us at Durham’s Solite Park (4704 Fayetteville Road, Durham). Be there before 11am for a departure ~11:15am.

Cyclists will arrive at the 11-3pm Cabot Community Tour of the ECG Festival (Co-Op-A-Fair) at American Tobacco Campus’ Diamond View Park off of Blackwell Street. A bus will be available for registered riders at 3pm (after some of the trail clean-up) back to Cary and Raleigh starting points ($10).

The ride is FREE for current East Coast Greenway members (registration required) and $10 for non-members. New members can join the ECGA at a special event rate of $20 (half off the regular membership!) and ride for free! The 3 PM bus back to the Cary or Raleigh start locations is $10 per rider (in addition to ride registration). Register for the ride and/or bus here: http://ecgtrianglecabotride.eventbrite.com/

On the almost complete Triangle East Coast Greenway segment, the route is 76% greenway (off-road, separated from car traffic). Most of the route is paved though some stretches are packed dirt (so most people can enjoy the ride on road or hybrid tires). Don’t expect to average high speeds, as we’ll need to respect walkers, runners, and other greenway users that Saturday morning. This is a group ride, not a race. Helmets required. It’s a rain or shine event. A big thank you to ride partners like the Triangle Commuter Bike Initiative of the DWM Foundation, Greenway Transit, and REI!

If the National Trails Day clean-up piques your interest, please join us from 2-4pm. We’ll be cleaning part of the ATT and its neighboring creek along with our partner, REI – meeting at the ECGA and REI booths at 2pm and walking down to the clean-up. A free REI t-shirt can be earned by participants

Please send questions to info@greenway.org with “Triangle ride” in the subject line. We look forward to it!

THREE Moving Planet Bike Rides, Saturday, Sept. 24th 2011

dennis — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:33:43 +0000

Ride with us from Durham, Chapel Hill or Raleigh to Durham Central Park!

RAIN OR SHINE

Our routes are in, and we are really excited about our bike rides coming up on September 24th. We (the East Coast Greenway Alliance) partnered with the Triangle Commuter Bike Initiative and led three rides from South Durham, Chapel Hill and Raleigh/Cary to the 350.org Moving Planet event which was held from 2-5 PM under the Pavillion at Durham Central Park (where the Farmer’s Market is held).

ALL rides are FREE!! Please RSVP to info@greenway.org and let us know what ride you’re doing so we know how many people to expect.

Here are the ride details:

Family Friendly / ATT Ride – meet us at our rest stop (Bull City Running Company) at the South Durham ATT trailhead, ride ~7 miles to Durham Central Park, and back, total of 14 miles. This ride will be almost entirely on trail, with a short on-road segment from downtown Durham ATT trailhead to Durham Central Park.

Time: 1:30, we’ll return back to the location by 5.

Location: Bull City Running Company store by Kroger, along the ATT.

NOTE: Will include short segment on public roads. Children must be accompanied by parents.

Chapel Hill – meet us at University Mall, ride 16.6 miles to Durham Central Park, and back, total of 33 miles.

Time: Meet at noon, ride at 12:30. We’ll return to University Mall around 5:45 or 6.

Location: University Mall, on Estes Dr. SW corner (near Wachovia/Wells Fargo).

NOTE: The CH route goes on several roadways, including 751. We will make this as safe as possible, but this ride is not recommended for children or riders inexperienced in riding on public roads.

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/48632298/

Raleigh – meet us at the NC Museum of Art, ride 39 miles to Durham Central Park, and back, total of 78 miles.

Time: Meet at 10, ride at 10:15. We’ll return to Raleigh around 7, bring lights for the ride home unless you plan to take transit back.

Location: NC Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC. Meet in the back of the upper parking lot.

Cary Option – for a shorter ride, meet us in Cary at Bond Park, ride 25 miles to Durham Central park, and back, total of 50 miles.

Time: Meet at 11:30, leave when Raleigh ride comes through (11:30 – 11:45). We’ll return to Cary around 6, bring lights for the dusk ride home.

Location: Meet us at Bond Park in Cary, 801 High House Rd. in Cary, NC. Meet at the Boathouse / Buehler Shelter, which is at the end of Bond Park Dr.

The Raleigh/Cary ride will be ~80% on greenway trails! Please note that several miles of the Southern portion of the ATT is on hard packed crushed gravel, fine for most bikes, may not be great for some road bikes.

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/fullscreen/44110500/

NOTE:

These rides will only be minimally supported – the CH ride will have a brief rest stop with water/light snacks at approximately 9 miles. The Raleigh ride will have a stop at Bond Park for water/restrooms and a brief rest stop with water/light snacks at mile 32 (mile 18 if you start in Cary). There will be some snacks at the ECGA table at the 350.org event.

We are not providing transportation other than the bike rides back to the starting locations after the event, so you are welcome to ride with us one way, but will need to provide your own way back.

Folks not doing the rides to the event are welcome to join us later to ride back to S. Durham, Raleigh/Cary, or Chapel Hill. Please meet us at the ECGA table at the Moving Planet event at 3:45!

We hope to see you there! Please RSVP to info@greenway.org so we know how many to expect!

Establishing the Cross Triangle Greenway dream

admin — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:45:14 +0000

Laying out our vision on October 25, 2009 (photo by Jerry Markatos)

We at the East Coast Greenway Alliance are excited to work with dozens of local partners to establish a safe and accessible route for bicyclists and pedestrians to get from one Triangle community to another. We discussed the idea among the hikers and bikers that came together along the American Tobacco Trail in October of 2009. And on Friday, October 22nd of 2010, we held the public idea launch for the Cross Triangle Greenway — a 39-mile bike ride from Raleigh to Durham! In Bike Month 2011, we hosted a 28-mile Durham Greenways Ride on Saturday, May 7th and the following fall we led rides to Durham on Saturday, September 24th.

Onwards to a Healthy & Sustainable Triangle community,

Dennis Markatos-Soriano

of the East Coast Greenway Alliance