- Greenways increase property values for homeowners
- Greenways generate economic activity
- Greenways bring trail tourism
- Greenways provide alternative transportation letting people walk and ride their bikes
- Greenways improve the health of citizens through increased physical activity
- Greenways make the skies clearer and the land greener
- Greenways help animals
- Greenways highlight and connect the diversity of our city
- Greenways offer more recreational opportunities
- Greenways provide a respite from traffic and urban life – a place to commune with nature
