This thesis presents a brief history and series of definitions of greenways. Its to provide a framework of assessment for greenway management, based on v indicators that the layperson may use. The indicators are intended to enable developers, managers, and interested volunteers an opportunity to assess existing proposed greenways at all stages of development, and compare their actual use to their designed functionality. To this end, several sets of indicators that are based design are also presented, and analyzed within the framework of greenways. A final set of indicators customized to greenways is then described, and applied to three greenways, with a final assessment of the workability of the indicator set.