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Did you look at Portland, OR? I moved here from San Francisco, where I was terrified of cycling. Here there are lots of bike trails, complete streets reserved
by yojo 5y ago
Did you look at Portland, OR? I moved here from San Francisco, where I was terrified of cycling.
Here there are lots of bike trails, complete streets reserved for bicycles (“neighborhood greenways”), and even a bicycle/pedestrian only bridge for getting downtown. I can do a lot of my errands almost 100% on bike infrastructure without feeling at all unsafe.
I have even started going on bike rides for pleasure, which was never a thing I would have considered in San Francisco
- CalRobert 5y agoYes but last summer's temps worry me.
- animal_spirits 5y agoThat was an outlier, not the norm
- yojo 5y agoWith climate change we will likely continue seeing more extreme weather events, so the point seems valid. The Netherlands isn’t exactly immune though. Utrecht also got a heat wave last year, though still about 10F less than Portland. There’s also the risk of water management generally in NL, with so much of the country below sea level
- adreamingsoul 5y agoMy opinion, It has been trending to have longer and warmer summers for several years now. (Source needed)
- dtgriscom 5y ago... for now...
- lovehashbrowns 5y agoI just found out about the trail that goes down the Eastside of the river and goes south, wrapping all the way to Gresham. It looks like it's all bike only. I haven't hopped on it yet but I'm gonna rent a bike maybe tomorrow or Monday and check it out. Portland is definitely one of the more bike safe cities I've been in and it's awesome. It even inspired me to get into longboarding!