Memphis, TN

Memphis, TN, has installed 35 miles of green lanes in the last two years and is planning two significant green lane projects. The Broad-Overton project will connect a popular rail-trail with the city’s central park and help to revitalize businesses on the corridor in between. The leadership of mayor A.C. Wharton catalyzed this dramatic turnaround after Memphis was named one of the worst cities for riding by Bicycling Magazine in 2008.

 

Updates from Memphis GLP blogger Anthony Siracusa

• Memphis Mayor A C Wharton issues Complete Streets Executive Order, March 10, 2013
• Green Lane Project improves development, Dec. 12. 2012
• Here comes the neighborhood -- building green lanes and battling blight, Nov. 21, 2012
• Memphis in the Netherlands: "blown away", Nov. 9 2012
• Memphis on Broadway, Oct. 22, 2012
• Building a better city, one green lane at a time, Oct. 9, 2012
• The Overton Broad Connector, Sept. 24, 2012
• Building the missing link, Sept. 4, 2012
• Shifting gears in the Bluff City, Aug. 22, 2012