There is no on line version of this article so I am transcribing some of the article here
Foundation forging bike, hike link
By Jerry Masek
The Cleveland Press Tuesday January 13, 1981
A proposal to link Cleveland and Akron with a series of biking and hiking trails is being studied by the Ohio Conservation Foundation.
The project would allow Greater Clevelanders to drive to a Cleveland city park, leave their cars in parking lots and bicycle through Greater Cleveland and the picturesque and historic Cuyahoga Valley and into Akron.
Bob Currie, assistant director of the foundation, said this would be the only place in the country were two metropolitan areas would be joined by a trail system through a national recreation area.
Currie said the trails are "a dream: an exciting concept" and he noted it should help youth activties in Cleveland and Akron. He said the system probably would not reach downtown Cleveland or Akron, but would come close to it.
"We're very pleased and excited about the prospect of connecting our biking and hiking trails with Cleveland and Akron, said Sheridan Steele, a Cuyahoga Valley Recreation Area spokesman.
By September 1981 - Rapid Recovery submitted a DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND BIKEWAY FEASIBILITY STUDY to NOACA, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
Preparation of this document was financed through grant number OH-0068-61548 from the Urban Mass Transportatin Administration through the Northeast Ohio Coordinating Agency. SEE: https://t.co/A5kBUH1hRp
The plan outlines a Class I Bikeway from E 41 to Tower City to East 55th St. along the abandoned tracks adjacent to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Red Line.
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There is no on line version of this article so I am transcribing some of the article here
Foundation forging bike, hike link
By Jerry Masek
The Cleveland Press Tuesday January 13, 1981
A proposal to link Cleveland and Akron with a series of biking and hiking trails is being studied by the Ohio Conservation Foundation.
The project would allow Greater Clevelanders to drive to a Cleveland city park, leave their cars in parking lots and bicycle through Greater Cleveland and the picturesque and historic Cuyahoga Valley and into Akron.
Bob Currie, assistant director of the foundation, said this would be the only place in the country were two metropolitan areas would be joined by a trail system through a national recreation area.
Currie said the trails are "a dream: an exciting concept" and he noted it should help youth activties in Cleveland and Akron. He said the system probably would not reach downtown Cleveland or Akron, but would come close to it.
"We're very pleased and excited about the prospect of connecting our biking and hiking trails with Cleveland and Akron, said Sheridan Steele, a Cuyahoga Valley Recreation Area spokesman.
By September 1981 - Rapid Recovery submitted a DOWNTOWN CLEVELAND BIKEWAY FEASIBILITY STUDY to NOACA, the Northeast Ohio Areawide Coordinating Agency
Preparation of this document was financed through grant number OH-0068-61548 from the Urban Mass Transportatin Administration through the Northeast Ohio Coordinating Agency. SEE: https://t.co/A5kBUH1hRp
The plan outlines a Class I Bikeway from E 41 to Tower City to East 55th St. along the abandoned tracks adjacent to the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority Red Line.