#30 - Jim Johnson - Bike Tours & Building Greenways in Chattanooga

Published: Oct. 9, 2020, 9 p.m.

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Jim Johnson the owner of Biketours.com and overall bicycle advocate.\\xa0 He has been helping people plan European bike tours for 18 years, that was until Covid-19 hit.\\xa0 His business model came to an abrupt halt and now one year before retirement he is completely reinventing his business by switching from international tours to domestic tours right here in the greater Chattanooga area.\\xa0 We talk about bikes and access and his grand plans to expand the Chattanooga River Walk into a loop joining Camp Jordan with the Chickamauga battlefield into Saint Elmo.\\xa0 Jim is also working on a second trail which would connect Chattanooga to Atlanta\\u2019s Silver Comet trail system which he is calling the TAG (Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.)\\xa0 You may want to have google maps pulled up for this conversation as we discuss the planned routes and options for these two huge legacy projects.\\xa0 I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jim Johnson.

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