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Concur. I lived in minneapolis for a long time, and biked almost 100% (except winter). I have never felt more un-safe than when I tried to live this lifestyle i
by jvanderbot 4y ago
Concur. I lived in minneapolis for a long time, and biked almost 100% (except winter). I have never felt more un-safe than when I tried to live this lifestyle in LA. In Minneapolis, you could ride along bike-specific greenways and literally stop at bike-only pubs, coffee shops, etc. It was quite accommodating.
I'm sure much of that has changed with recent events, but I'm moving back and am cautiously optimistic.
- bombcar 4y agoMinneapolis has the advantage of some relatively major rivers, which provide convenient areas to run bike paths along. It works decently well.
- jvanderbot 4y agoI want to call out their conversion of old railways to "greenways" though. Rail lines are straight, off the main roads, have their own bridges, and usually run into the old warehouse areas that are actually the new build-up areas with all the cool bars, student housing, etc. Really smart use of existing infra.
- bombcar 4y agoRails to trails is being done in multiple areas and is a great way to reuse right-of-ways (sometimes the railroad still owns them and has the right to redevelop them in the future!) that already exist, and you can even add trails next to active lines sometimes (especially since many "active" lines are one train a day or less). https://www.railstotrails.org https://www.railstotrails.org
- rufus_foreman 4y ago> and biked almost 100% (except winter) So like 50%?
- jvanderbot 4y agoYou know, late Nov to Apr, is 50% of the year, so yeah. I usually biked starting in March.
- rufus_foreman 4y agoSo if there's bike infrastructure for March to November, there also has to be other infrastructure for November to March?