Things that interest me when I’m traveling via Greenway is when the Greenway connects with other streets, when it does not, and when you actually have to take to the street to catch the next stretch of Greenway. I tried to include those sections in my maps because sometimes the signage in Raleigh is lacking. Also it’s good to know if the greenway stops being paved at any point. A stretch that gave me trouble for a while is the stretch of the Crabtree Greenway that runs between Yadkin and Lassiter Mill. Now it’s 2nd nature, but for a while I was put off by some troublesome areas with poor/no signs:
If you don’t leave the trail at one of the two Alleghany exits, you end up on a dirt trail. Great if you’re mountain biking, but otherwise it can be a pain, especially when the weather isn’t dry.
If you do exit at Alleghany, I don’t think there are any signs to tell you where to go. For that matter, I’m not sure there are signs directing you if you stick to the dirt trail until it dumps you on to Hertford. It took a while before I found that trail along the school that connected Northhampton and Lassiter Mill.
It took a little longer before I found that if I went down Lassiter Mill, I’d find the rest of the greenway.
That’s definitely the kind of information I wanted to include on my map, so that other people might go into their trips aware of places where they might lose the trail. I look forward to seeing what you come up with. I love the car-free riding of the greenways, but good maps are what make the greenways actually useful for getting places.

IDing where you are on a trail is a problem. The Apex trail is the best I’ve seen for safety purposes. Cary is starting to implement a sign/map system that will also be good in that regard.

And yes, I did mention the greenway project awhile back; Had to finish a book before I could get to it. I’ve been out mapping trails for the past week (just got back from doing the ATT south of Massey Chapel Road in Durham). Hope to have the first map or two up next week.

Also some greenways are showing up on Google maps. Perhaps a place to start. They are at least a few months out of date