Blue highways turning green October 9, 2009

Time magazine takes a look at the idea of having “green” highways in America — historic roads that would cater to electric vehicles, cyclists and even runners.

The article mentions the Mother Road in a paragraph:

If other, more famous heritage routes are any indication, a green-corridor network just might work. Route 66, the classic American road that runs 2,400 miles coast-to-coast is having a banner year in 2009 in terms of traffic, according to David Knudson, director of the National Route 66 Federation in Lake Arrowhead, Calif.: “[Route 66] is more interesting than flying down the interstate, it’s more scenic and it’s low cost,” he says; seeing a different side of America and “traveling slow is what Route 66 is all about.”

The Route 66 Alliance is on board with this idea. We’ll see where it goes.