{"id":218916488,"date":"2011-12-09T18:08:08","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=218916488"},"modified":"2011-12-09T18:08:08","modified_gmt":"2011-12-09T18:08:08","slug":"blue-ridge-parkway-closed-to-cyclists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=218916488","title":{"rendered":"Blue Ridge Parkway: Closed To Cyclists?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by WILL HARLAN (excerpts)<br \/>\nThe Blue Ridge Parkway is the single most popular road for bicyclists in the Blue Ridge. Cyclists cherish the Parkway\u2019s 469 scenic miles from Shenandoah to the Smokies. Even Lance Armstrong pedaled the high-elevation road during his Tour de France championship training.<br \/>\nUnfortunately, the Blue Ridge Parkway\u2019s newly released draft management plan could limit cycling on the Parkway. The draft plan focuses exclusively on the Parkway being \u201cactively managed as a traditional, self-contained, scenic recreational driving experience.\u201d<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nWhat You Can Do<br \/>\nSubmit written comments on the Blue Ridge Parkway Draft Management Plan by December 16, to:<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\nOr formally submit comments through the on-line system,<br \/>\n&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blueridgeoutdoors.com\/outdoor-blogs\/editors-blog\/blue-ridge-parkway-closed-to-cyclists\/\">https:\/\/www.blueridgeoutdoors.com\/outdoor-blogs\/editors-blog\/blue-ridge-parkway-closed-to-cyclists\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by WILL HARLAN (excerpts) The Blue Ridge Parkway is the single most popular road for bicyclists in the Blue Ridge. Cyclists cherish the Parkway\u2019s 469 scenic miles from Shenandoah to the Smokies. Even Lance Armstrong pedaled the high-elevation road during his Tour de France championship training. Unfortunately, the Blue Ridge Parkway\u2019s newly released draft management &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=218916488\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Blue Ridge Parkway: Closed To Cyclists?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"1","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218916488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biking-elsewhere"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218916488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=218916488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218916488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=218916488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=218916488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=218916488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}