WAD - Westerville to Arena District Bikeway

"WAD" is meeting tonight, July 7, 2008 at the Columbus Library - Linden Branch...

The WAD blog  says:

"The Westerville to Arena District (WAD) Bikeway is an initiative to build a commuter bikeway on an abandoned rail grade running through northeast Columbus. The rail grade in question is commonly referred to as the old Mt Vernon Right-of-Way (ROW). It begins at Cooper Park on the southern edge of Westerville and continues south to 17th Ave in Columbus. From there the trail will continue along rail lines and end below the Convention Center in downtown Columbus."

The WAD website shows a map that follows the route of he "old Mt. Vernon Right-of-Way" shows the proposed bikepath connecting the Westerville area (Cooper Park is south of the City of Westerville)  to Minerva Park / Blendon Township  to  Northland to Linden to OSU to  Milo-Grogan to Italian Village East to Short North to the North Market to  Convention Center to the Nationwide Arena to the Arena District, all 11.5 miles of it...

By car here is a map representing what neighborhoods would be connected. WAD has maps on both their blog and their website which show the route along the abandoned rail road.

Map of the neighborhoods traveling by car. 

The photo from the 2008 Doo Dah Parade shows WAD bikers dragging an SUV up Neil Ave.