A Jan. 5 article (in the St. Louis Beacon) by Ryan Schuessler, “Great Rivers Greenway works to make the area bicycle friendly” described efforts by both Great Rivers Greenway and Trailnet to expand existing bike lane striping or similar road markings in the St. Louis area. The only criticism mentioned was that the pace of such efforts was too slow.
Read more...As a transportational cyclist for more than 40 years, the last 14 as a certified bicycling instructor, I have a very different view. Years ago, I concluded that what cyclists lack most are not bike lanes but knowing how to safely use the existing road system.
St. Louis Beacon - Knowledge is best protection for bicyclist
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Hi PM, I couldn't find any contact information for you, so I thought I'd leave a comment here.
I know this is only tangentially related to your blog, but we launched Estately real estate search in Dallas recently and what is probably interesting to your readers is the ability to search for a home based on WalkScore. High walk score homes are usually very bike-able also.
Dallas is an amazingly low-walkscore city.
Let me know if you want more information - you can reach me at galen at Estately dot com.
G, well...
Actually, Dallas' walk score is better than Austin's, and Houston's score is better than both. It really has to do with population density... and transit (which has to do with population density).
What Dallas (and Houston) both offer is CHOICE. You can live in a high-density neighborhood with great walking potential and good transit opportunities, or you can live in car-centric neighborhood (if that's your preference).
Most of the great "walkable" cities are also almost unaffordable for most Americans. The anomaly is that low-income neighborhoods are also very "walkable"... if unsafe.
It's never as simple as a Google Map would make it appear... and slightly dishonest to suggest that it is (not you, but the Walk Cities folks).
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