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Old 05-24-15 | 09:43 AM
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jade408
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Bikes: Working on replacing my stolen Soma Buena Vista Mixte

Probably 6/7 but improving. My part of town is grid-like but there are some hills and some roads are designed with really wide lanes that encourage speeding. The city does a poor job of transitions in the bike lanes crossing busy streets.

We do not have protected infrastructure yet but it is coming soon in one area. We have buffered lanes, plain lanes and sparrows. A few multi use paths.

In my part of the city it is pretty easy to get anywhere via bike. But some commercial areas aren't too comfy. On the other hand lots of people ride. Not just racers and the numbers are increasing.

I keep seeing new bike corrals all over. The city makes it easy for s business to request more bike parking and even lose a curbside space. Many events have bike valet. The train stations have day use bike lockers for cheap. (15-25 cents per 5 hour block). Any new commercial development virtually requires bike parking. And the city is getting better at it for residential development.

I feel comfortable converting most errands to bike and I am not hard core by any means. I see more people like me every day.

And there are a million bike shops. My 2 mile radius has around 7 I can think of. I might be forgetting some. Up that to 3 miles and there are at least 5 more.
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