Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2189 – Oct 10, 2021

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When you travel by bicycle over such a long distance, and across varied landscapes, you are much better connected by the experience of place than if you performed that same trip by car, bus, or train.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2184 – Oct 5, 2021

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In the not so distant future Americans will be able to traverse our nation on a dedicated network of north-south and east-west off-road trails and greenways. This network will provide the fuel to grow the economy, provide critical migratory routes for plants and animals, enrich communities large and small, and link Americans to our heritage—and to landscapes worthy of exploration and enjoyment.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2170 – Sept 21, 2021

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The United States is an automobile-oriented culture and society, and some in our nation see a cyclist riding in the road as an opportunity to inflict pain and bodily injury.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #2150 – Sept 1, 2021

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In many parts of America there is hostility toward bicyclists, and much of it is unwarranted.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1913 – Jan 7, 2021

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America needs to embrace the culture of cycling and bicycle tourism. It benefits all of American society, producing healthier people, more economic opportunity, and fewer impacts to air, water, and land.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1812 – Sept 28, 2020

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During the past thirty-five years, I have made the case for the economic benefits of greenways in the many communities across America, and for communities around the word.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1800 – Sept 16, 2020

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…the simple answer and explanation is people love to be connected to big, transformative ideas and concepts.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1775 – Aug 22, 2020

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Just as we would not consider building a home without a set of blueprints, we should not consider growing and building our communities without a greenprint—a green infrastructure plan that determines the valued open space we should conserve and protect as part of the growth and development process.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1717 – June 25, 2020

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I firmly believe that urban greenways have become America’s new “main street,” where people can go on foot or by bicycle to meet each other, engage with friends, family, and even those they don’t know, and share the experience of being outdoors.

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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Jim Schmid’s Trail Quote of the Day #1690 – May 29, 2020

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Greenways come in many shapes and sizes, are found in a variety of environmental settings, and are a landscape typology used to address and resolve a wide variety of environmental and societal issues—as varied as the landscapes and the people that develop them!

—CHARLES A. “CHUCK” FLINK, The Greenway Imperative: Connecting Communities and Landscapes for a Sustainable Future, 2020

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