Design Guide
In the latest update to the Greenway Design Guide, East Coast Greenway Alliance staff and volunteer partners have compiled information and resources for the planning, design, construction, promotion and maintenance of local East Coast Greenway segments.
The guide defines our vision of a protected, connected series of safe facilities for a continuous non-motorized route from Maine to Florida. Here you can find requirements for Greenway segment design and construction, illustrated with photographs, along with links to best-practice planning and design guidelines.
Header image: Frances Appleton Pedestrian Bridge, Boston, Massachusetts (Photo by Above Summit, Courtesy of the Barr Foundation)
Download the Design Guide
Federal, state and local elected officials, city and regional planners and local advocates will find requirements for East Coast Greenway segment design and construction. New and updated sections include a list of technical resources, a glossary of common terms and acronyms and a new section on allowable on-road facilities.
Click the button below to access and download an interactive PDF of the Design Guide.
Alliance Field Team
Questions about a particular East Coast Greenway segment or future segment? Contact our regional Greenway managers, listed here by region from north to south.
National Greenway Director | Allison Burson
Northern New England Manager | Emily Paskewicz
Southern New England Manager | Bruce Donald
New Jersey & New York Manager | Sofia Barandiaran
Mid-Atlantic Manager | Daniel Paschall
Virginia & Washington, D.C. Manager | Elliott Caldwell
North Carolina Manager | Andrew Meeker
South Carolina & Georgia Manager | Jim Hemphill
Greenway Council Members
Our national body sets route standards and reviews new Greenway segments to ensure they meet those standards.
- Robert Barto, Italy
- Jeff Behm, NY
- Scott Bogle, NH
- Leonard Bonarek, DE
- John Boyle, NJ
- Eric Brenner, DC
- Caila Brown, GA
- Andy Clarke, VA
- Dave Connelly , NC
- Tavel Cowan, GA
- Kim Delaney, FL
- Rob Dexter, CT
- Heather Dunigan, DE
- Spencer Finch, NC
- Kathleen Gannon, RI
- Emily Goldstein, PA
- Martina Haggerty, RI
- Jack Keene, MD
- Terry Landreth, GA
- Shawn Megill Legendre, PA
- David Loutzenheiser, MA
- Melissa Miklus, MD
- Steve Mitchell, CT
- Colin Moore, FL
- Dave Read, MA
- Phil Riggan, VA
- Tiffany Robinson, NJ
- Mary Roth, DE
- Sarah Sanford, Germany
- Boaz ‘Buzz’ Shattan, NY
- Robert Weidknecht, MA
- Becky Yiu, DC