Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Yikes, that looks bad. Speed through a town laid out like that would be pretty slow since you're coexisting with pedestrians rather than cars. Looks like it's great if nobody has to go more than 10 blocks to get to work, otherwise nobody's going to spend that kind of time.
See earlier post(s).
But I'll just add here that pic was take in Japan, where apparently the most common type of bike is a "mommy bike":
Bicycles in Japan
I'm guessing this is not the case in US Western cities which genec is concerned about,