Chicago tops NYC as most bike-friendly city in U.S., magazine finds Bicycling in the city - The Chainlink2024-03-29T06:52:35Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/chicago-tops-nyc-as-most-bike-friendly-city-in-u-s-magazine-finds?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI just picked up the magazine…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-07:2211490:Comment:10208862016-10-07T19:25:47.693ZMike Zumwalthttps://thechainlink.org/profile/MikeZumwalt
I just picked up the magazine yesterday. Detroit is last, which is correct (mostly) there are areas you don't want to be in, brick paved on the far right of major streets but the Immediate midtown to downtown area is great for riding.<br />
A city built for a little over 2 million and now down to 750,000 could really rebuild itself to be bike friendly with 8 lane avenues basically empty.
I just picked up the magazine yesterday. Detroit is last, which is correct (mostly) there are areas you don't want to be in, brick paved on the far right of major streets but the Immediate midtown to downtown area is great for riding.<br />
A city built for a little over 2 million and now down to 750,000 could really rebuild itself to be bike friendly with 8 lane avenues basically empty. It would seem fairly easy to…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-03:2211490:Comment:10197022016-10-03T17:07:25.160ZBrucehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Bruce
<p>It would seem fairly easy to rank higher than NYC for "bike-friendly". Personally, I would do away with "bike friendly" ratings unless fatalities were rare, like only a few a year. </p>
<p>It would seem fairly easy to rank higher than NYC for "bike-friendly". Personally, I would do away with "bike friendly" ratings unless fatalities were rare, like only a few a year. </p> http://m.ibamag.com/news/the-…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-03:2211490:Comment:10194522016-10-03T16:57:36.685ZTom A.K.https://thechainlink.org/profile/TomKrystyn
<a href="http://m.ibamag.com/news/the-10-most-dangerous-states-for-cyclistsand-the-coverage-riders-need-16081.aspx" target="_blank">http://m.ibamag.com/news/the-10-most-dangerous-states-for-cyclistsand-the-coverage-riders-need-16081.aspx</a><br />
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This is mostly for states. Florida is # 1.<br />
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It is difficult to find current accurate data naming the most fatal U.S. city for cyclists. Maybe our friend, John Greenfield has more info. My guess is that it is New York City.
<a href="http://m.ibamag.com/news/the-10-most-dangerous-states-for-cyclistsand-the-coverage-riders-need-16081.aspx" target="_blank">http://m.ibamag.com/news/the-10-most-dangerous-states-for-cyclistsand-the-coverage-riders-need-16081.aspx</a><br />
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This is mostly for states. Florida is # 1.<br />
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It is difficult to find current accurate data naming the most fatal U.S. city for cyclists. Maybe our friend, John Greenfield has more info. My guess is that it is New York City. It may sound grim, but I wond…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-10-03:2211490:Comment:10195312016-10-03T15:27:00.384ZBrucehttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Bruce
<p>It may sound grim, but I wonder which city in the U.S. comes in first place for riders hit and killed while bicycling on a public city street?</p>
<p>It may sound grim, but I wonder which city in the U.S. comes in first place for riders hit and killed while bicycling on a public city street?</p> I don't have any benchmarks b…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-09-22:2211490:Comment:10167252016-09-22T20:02:12.686ZJeff Blumenthalhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JeffB
<p>I don't have any benchmarks but Chicago is getting friendlier since I started riding in 1945.</p>
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<p>I don't have any benchmarks but Chicago is getting friendlier since I started riding in 1945.</p>
<p></p> Chicago is perhaps the #1 pla…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-09-22:2211490:Comment:10167212016-09-22T19:26:43.193ZPaul Lazzarohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PaulLazzaro
<p>Chicago is perhaps the #1 place for honing your traffic skills. You get a lot of experience dealing with all the dangerous and stupid things that drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians do. If you survive, you get pretty good at anticipating those things.</p>
<p>Chicago is perhaps the #1 place for honing your traffic skills. You get a lot of experience dealing with all the dangerous and stupid things that drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians do. If you survive, you get pretty good at anticipating those things.</p> I'd take safest over nicest a…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-09-22:2211490:Comment:10166962016-09-22T17:36:53.593ZShalinihttps://thechainlink.org/profile/SC
<p>I'd take safest over nicest any day.</p>
<p>I'd take safest over nicest any day.</p> Enforce bike lane usage?? Wha…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-09-20:2211490:Comment:10156452016-09-20T03:01:45.786Zmike w.https://thechainlink.org/profile/mikew
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Enforce</strong></em></span> bike lane usage?? What does THAT mean???</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Enforce</strong></em></span> bike lane usage?? What does THAT mean???</p> "So Chicago is really not the…tag:thechainlink.org,2016-09-19:2211490:Comment:10155182016-09-19T20:30:53.148ZJim Rehohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JimReho
<p><span>"So Chicago is really not the nicest place to ride in the country,” Strickland admitted. “If we were just going by that, we’d probably have to pick Davis, California, every year. But what we’re really looking for is the big, important metropolises that have made a huge change and are leading the way for other cities." One would think that the best biking city would be the nicest place to ride, but I guess not.</span></p>
<p><span>"So Chicago is really not the nicest place to ride in the country,” Strickland admitted. “If we were just going by that, we’d probably have to pick Davis, California, every year. But what we’re really looking for is the big, important metropolises that have made a huge change and are leading the way for other cities." One would think that the best biking city would be the nicest place to ride, but I guess not.</span></p> +1tag:thechainlink.org,2016-09-19:2211490:Comment:10154392016-09-19T20:29:32.292ZAnne Althttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Anne91
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