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> South Bay terrible > Unfortunately, suburbs typically mean zero walkability I grew up in the Bay Area so I think I know how to do it: An electric bike makes
by okareaman 5y ago
> South Bay terrible
> Unfortunately, suburbs typically mean zero walkability
I grew up in the Bay Area so I think I know how to do it: An electric bike makes most of the pain go away. I've been exploring South Bay since moving here and finding all kinds of cool things on my bike that are invisible by car (walking is not an option, author is right about that.) Just the other day I rode to the San Jose Diridon train station, threw my bike on Caltrans and spent the day riding my bike around San Francisco. Electric bike is the only way to explore SF in my opinion. I'm going to buy a second battery for my bike soon, then put my bike on Bart and go to Berkeley where I went to University. There's a bunch of interesting stuff there. You don't need a car to avoid being stuck in the suburbs.
tldl; Get an electric bike and learn the public transport system
- standardUser 5y agoI lived as a pedestrian for 15 years in SF and I can attest that it is a perfectly, fabulously walkable city, at least the Northeastern quadrant where most of the stuff is located. But I was always dismayed when I would walk around elsewhere, even in urban areas like Oakland, and find some gargantuan highway interchange sprawling between me and my destination, practically daring me to try to find my way through at my own physical risk. It's an absolute failure of urban design that plagues the Bay Area and is one of the things that ultimately led me to leave. And yes, bikes are great, but some of us prefer to galavant around without a multi-thousand dollar liability to keep locked up. Also, I was usually at least half drunk.
- okareaman 5y agoI met a guy in British Columbia who got arrested driving while intoxicated on a horse (I gave up drinking, so no longer a problem) I'm mapping the bike lockers in the Bay Area. Slide your card and put your bike in a steel box.