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Permalink Reply by David P. on February 14, 2019 at 5:20am

That first photo is Woodward looking south from Campus Martius. I think the second one is Cass. 

Detroit has a very extensive network of bike infrastructure, and it's growing pretty rapidly. They're doing a good job of maintaining it now, too (until recently some lanes, e.g. Livernois, would be full of debris all the time.) There are separated or parking-separated lanes on Cass from the Boulevard down to nearly Grand Circus Park, and also on E. Jefferson more or less all the way out to Grosse Pointe Park. Lots more, too. Before all this was there (I lived there 1998-2008) I always found it a very easy city to ride in, since there was lots of space on the streets and drivers were friendly, but all the new infra is quite nice. When I am visiting for the weekend I stay with friends either in GPP or in Sherwood Forest and ride everywhere. 

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Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on February 14, 2019 at 9:29am

It was easy to ride around mainly because of the lack of traffic and the roads so wide. I lived across from Wayne State I would park my car Friday and not drive until I had too on Monday. Grocery shop hit up Eastern market ride to Belle Isle, Mexican town.

I've said before that they could get a lot more density by expanding the People mover to Grand blvd and build high rises or mid rises 10 stories or so along that stretch from John R/75 to the Lodge but they want everything low with giant parking lots...such a waste.

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Permalink Reply by David P. on February 15, 2019 at 4:30am

Indeed - large roads with little traffic. It's more crowded now, but it's so much better overall. The New Center is well into the redevelopment wave already, and the streetcar goes up there.

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