{"id":219960409,"date":"2011-12-21T20:06:49","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T20:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=219960409"},"modified":"2011-12-21T20:06:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T20:06:49","slug":"study-only-4-scenic-routes-left-in-country","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=219960409","title":{"rendered":"Study: Only 4 Scenic Routes Left In Country"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>from the Onion<br \/>\nWASHINGTON\u2014The Department of Transportation released the findings of a new study Thursday indicating that in the entire continental United States, only four scenic routes suitable for nice, meandering drives and aesthetically pleasing roadside views still exist. &quot;A recent expansion of Cracker Barrel restaurants cost us three scenic routes last year, with two others falling to people chucking used diapers out their car windows,&quot; said Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, pointing to a map depicting the four stretches of road that remain unblemished by development. &quot;If you want to get away from it all and clear your head with a drive through the countryside, you&#8217;d better do it at these locations, preferably in next three months.&quot; In the course of the press conference, one remaining scenic route located in Wisconsin was rezoned to facilitate the construction of a methane-emissions plant.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\n.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/study-only-4-scenic-routes-left-in-country,20190\/\">https:\/\/www.theonion.com\/articles\/study-only-4-scenic-routes-left-in-country,20190\/<\/a>oldId.20111221200649469<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>from the Onion WASHINGTON\u2014The Department of Transportation released the findings of a new study Thursday indicating that in the entire continental United States, only four scenic routes suitable for nice, meandering drives and aesthetically pleasing roadside views still exist. &quot;A recent expansion of Cracker Barrel restaurants cost us three scenic routes last year, with two &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/?p=219960409\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Study: Only 4 Scenic Routes Left In Country&#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-219960409","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\/219960409","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=219960409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219960409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=219960409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=219960409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.baltimorespokes.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=219960409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}