Originally Posted by
chriswnw
I think that cities that laid out on a grid tend to be very bikeable, due to the sheer number of available routes. There are hundreds of cities, towns and post-war suburbs throughout the U.S. that have a grid topology -- those who choose to live without a car have a wide variety of options.
The issue was not bikeable topology so much as the possibility of finding affordable residences for families of reasonable income in suitable neighborhoods (i.e. not crime ridden slums) within practical bikeable proximity of work, school, shopping, entertainment, friends and relatives.