Originally Posted by
Machka
Some people have good ideas ... some don't. So very glad that the ones who are expressing the rather frightening ideas here are powerless.
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Originally Posted by
Roody
I'm telling you, there are no alternate routes. My house is a few steps from Saginaw Hwy. just east of M.L. King. There is no alternate route that I can take to get to Lansing Mall. I have to ride/walk on the five to seven lane highway with no sidewalk or bus lane.
You might live in some sprawlless utopia, although I doubt it. This is very common in America. Almost every urban area has a "strip" with one to dozens of miles of lateral development along it. Are you really saying that this kind of sprawl (strip development) does not exist in SE Minnesota? Are there no areas where even seasoned cyclists fear to go? Hint--walmarts usually sprout in these areas.
I'll have to take your word for it being an inaccessible island of consumerism.
Maybe I do live in a utopia. The roads around here are either lightly traveled by car, have wide shoulders, have bike lanes, or have trails running parallel. Probably why the Twin Cities is ranked so high in being cycle friendly. I'm surprised you haven't moved here yet.