Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by lovehashbrowns on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:08PM
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I 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!
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by CalRobert on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:43AM
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Yes but last summer's temps worry me.
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by animal_spirits on Saturday February 05, 2022 @11:58AM
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That was an outlier, not the norm
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by yojo on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:06PM
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With 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
Re:Burgeoning bike cities emerge across America
by adreamingsoul on Saturday February 05, 2022 @12:09PM
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My opinion, It has been trending to have longer and warmer summers for several years now. (Source needed)
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