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"I've worked in Minneapolis which is a dream for biking... in the summer." It's not that bad in the winter; the dedicated bike paths get plowed.

sleepybrett 4y ago
Yeah I went to a conference for a few years in Minnenapolis at the Walker. That bike road through the downtown core seemed amazing. It looked to me like they just took a road and said 'no more cars' right through the little 'Downtown West' core (I didn't really get a feel for the city geography generally so I might have that wrong). I wish more cities would do that. Just take a couple of streets in each direction of the grid and say 'no more cars' or maybe choke it down to one lane one way for cars with speed bumps for local pickup/delivery 'local access only'.
- germinalphrase 4y ago
  Was it lower than regular street level? If so, you’re talking about the Greenway which is a converted rail route. I believe making it a bike thoroughfare was (is?) intended as a temporary measure before a new light rail line was put in its place. Quite nice to have a protected bike corridor that crosses the center of the city, that’s for sure.
  - sleepybrett 4y ago
    it seemed that way, honestly it was like 8 years ago and i was mostly reacting to a flock of bicyclists riding down the middle of the street during the morning commute. It made me smile and I wished that Seattle could get it's shit together.
  - AtlasBarfed 4y ago
    No the greenway is supposed to be permanent. The Light Rail was a huge battle and for ... some unknown reason ... they had to shut down a huge amount of it while they built the light rail (through a useless area that none of the residents want it going through, that they could have routed it through uptown where it would be useful...) But none of the major bike infrastructure is slated for replacement by light rails.
    - germinalphrase 4y ago
      I’m really glad to hear the Greenway is permanent. Thanks for the correction.

sleepybrett 4y ago

Yeah I went to a conference for a few years in Minnenapolis at the Walker. That bike road through the downtown core seemed amazing. It looked to me like they just took a road and said 'no more cars' right through the little 'Downtown West' core (I didn't really get a feel for the city geography generally so I might have that wrong). I wish more cities would do that. Just take a couple of streets in each direction of the grid and say 'no more cars' or maybe choke it down to one lane one way for cars with speed bumps for local pickup/delivery 'local access only'.

germinalphrase 4y ago
Was it lower than regular street level? If so, you’re talking about the Greenway which is a converted rail route. I believe making it a bike thoroughfare was (is?) intended as a temporary measure before a new light rail line was put in its place. Quite nice to have a protected bike corridor that crosses the center of the city, that’s for sure.
- sleepybrett 4y ago
  it seemed that way, honestly it was like 8 years ago and i was mostly reacting to a flock of bicyclists riding down the middle of the street during the morning commute. It made me smile and I wished that Seattle could get it's shit together.
- AtlasBarfed 4y ago
  No the greenway is supposed to be permanent. The Light Rail was a huge battle and for ... some unknown reason ... they had to shut down a huge amount of it while they built the light rail (through a useless area that none of the residents want it going through, that they could have routed it through uptown where it would be useful...) But none of the major bike infrastructure is slated for replacement by light rails.
  - germinalphrase 4y ago
    I’m really glad to hear the Greenway is permanent. Thanks for the correction.