Okay Portland folks I know you're still awake it's not midnight yet, so question: are there any junk/antique/used silliness type shops bikeable from downtown?
I feel like I wanna poke through weird shit tomorrow.
I feel like I wanna poke through weird shit tomorrow.
January 1, 2026 at 7:15 AM
Okay Portland folks I know you're still awake it's not midnight yet, so question: are there any junk/antique/used silliness type shops bikeable from downtown?
I feel like I wanna poke through weird shit tomorrow.
I feel like I wanna poke through weird shit tomorrow.
Subpar solution to the problem of traffic safety imo. Public transit + walkable/bikeable urban design reduces traffic accidents while being significantly more space efficient than Waymos and lacking the side effects of en masse self-driving taxi usage (e.g. increased congestion)
December 31, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Subpar solution to the problem of traffic safety imo. Public transit + walkable/bikeable urban design reduces traffic accidents while being significantly more space efficient than Waymos and lacking the side effects of en masse self-driving taxi usage (e.g. increased congestion)
It's even (sort of) walkable and bikeable. The #carbrain Times even goes on to claim that wait times are higher than ever at almost 3 hours. With SpotSaver, I can't even remember the last time I waited in line. With Link, I can leave home later than ever. Now just give me high-speed rail...
December 31, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's even (sort of) walkable and bikeable. The #carbrain Times even goes on to claim that wait times are higher than ever at almost 3 hours. With SpotSaver, I can't even remember the last time I waited in line. With Link, I can leave home later than ever. Now just give me high-speed rail...
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Join the next session of the masterclass that will change your perspective: The Bikeable City Masterclass, organized by the Cycling Embassy of Denmark and Urban Cycle Planning.
🗓️ When? May 18-22, 2026. 📍 Where? Copenhagen
Join the next session of the masterclass that will change your perspective: The Bikeable City Masterclass, organized by the Cycling Embassy of Denmark and Urban Cycle Planning.
🗓️ When? May 18-22, 2026. 📍 Where? Copenhagen
December 31, 2025 at 11:32 PM
🚴♀️✨🏙️ Transform your city into a cycling paradise!
Join the next session of the masterclass that will change your perspective: The Bikeable City Masterclass, organized by the Cycling Embassy of Denmark and Urban Cycle Planning.
🗓️ When? May 18-22, 2026. 📍 Where? Copenhagen
Join the next session of the masterclass that will change your perspective: The Bikeable City Masterclass, organized by the Cycling Embassy of Denmark and Urban Cycle Planning.
🗓️ When? May 18-22, 2026. 📍 Where? Copenhagen
Well, it takes time to build up to long distances. It's not many years ago that I only managed 2700 in a year. I'm also lucky to live in a city that is often mentioned among the most bikeable cities in the world. I don't know if you have that luxury. So easy to get km in when the infra is so good.
December 31, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Well, it takes time to build up to long distances. It's not many years ago that I only managed 2700 in a year. I'm also lucky to live in a city that is often mentioned among the most bikeable cities in the world. I don't know if you have that luxury. So easy to get km in when the infra is so good.
It’d be interesting to see how these percentages looked if ‘car-free’ included all the single-occupant vehicles driving people places and bringing them everything they want or need 24/7. Even in a walkable, bikeable bubble, it’s constant and ruinous.
December 31, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It’d be interesting to see how these percentages looked if ‘car-free’ included all the single-occupant vehicles driving people places and bringing them everything they want or need 24/7. Even in a walkable, bikeable bubble, it’s constant and ruinous.
- We moved from the US to France in 2025, and no longer have a car. It was a big shift, but public transport is more available here, and the streets are walkable/bikeable.
I’d like to add solar panels to our house, but I think realistically that is a year away.
I’d like to add solar panels to our house, but I think realistically that is a year away.
December 31, 2025 at 2:49 PM
- We moved from the US to France in 2025, and no longer have a car. It was a big shift, but public transport is more available here, and the streets are walkable/bikeable.
I’d like to add solar panels to our house, but I think realistically that is a year away.
I’d like to add solar panels to our house, but I think realistically that is a year away.
I hate how discussions around self-driving cars always neglect the possibility of robust public transit and walkable/bikeable areas. Like the ONLY solution to road deaths is robot cars, we couldn't POSSIBLY reduce our reliance on cars, that's crazy!!
December 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
I hate how discussions around self-driving cars always neglect the possibility of robust public transit and walkable/bikeable areas. Like the ONLY solution to road deaths is robot cars, we couldn't POSSIBLY reduce our reliance on cars, that's crazy!!
Simple fact is, there just isn't enough housing in walkable, bikeable, or transit-rich areas for everyone to live that way. I hope that changes, one way or another. Meanwhile, "but bikes don't kill people" is (a) untrue and (b) an expression of privilege. It's no excuse for cyclists' behavior.
December 31, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Simple fact is, there just isn't enough housing in walkable, bikeable, or transit-rich areas for everyone to live that way. I hope that changes, one way or another. Meanwhile, "but bikes don't kill people" is (a) untrue and (b) an expression of privilege. It's no excuse for cyclists' behavior.
Only reliably bikeable with studs. Mashed potatoes forming in my corner of Highland Park but better than yesterday. #mspcyclecast
St. Paul street report: 50% compacted snow, 50% ice, even on arterial streets. Not safe to drive.
December 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Only reliably bikeable with studs. Mashed potatoes forming in my corner of Highland Park but better than yesterday. #mspcyclecast
Millennium Trail is ploughed on the Riverdale side but NOT on the South Access Rd side from just south of the SS Klondike Parking lot to the pedestrian bridge. This stretch is not bikeable, it’s barely walkable
#Whitehorse #Yukon
#Whitehorse #Yukon
December 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Millennium Trail is ploughed on the Riverdale side but NOT on the South Access Rd side from just south of the SS Klondike Parking lot to the pedestrian bridge. This stretch is not bikeable, it’s barely walkable
#Whitehorse #Yukon
#Whitehorse #Yukon
Look, my only point is that old full-size station wagons were crappy gas guzzling cars to.
We should be looking at EVs and walkable/bikeable communities, not nostalgia for 20th century gas guzzlers.
We should be looking at EVs and walkable/bikeable communities, not nostalgia for 20th century gas guzzlers.
December 29, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Look, my only point is that old full-size station wagons were crappy gas guzzling cars to.
We should be looking at EVs and walkable/bikeable communities, not nostalgia for 20th century gas guzzlers.
We should be looking at EVs and walkable/bikeable communities, not nostalgia for 20th century gas guzzlers.
Ahhh, I didn't know that. I don't live here but visiting family. My reason for not living here is not great public transportation and walkable/bikeable. However, my mother is driver so I'm tagging along and paying to park. She's tech savvy but couldn't imagine if she was not.
December 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Ahhh, I didn't know that. I don't live here but visiting family. My reason for not living here is not great public transportation and walkable/bikeable. However, my mother is driver so I'm tagging along and paying to park. She's tech savvy but couldn't imagine if she was not.
A lot of people can walk to those downtowns. It is extremely walkable or bikeable, especially given the weather is great all year. More true for towns from Mountain View north to SF than south to San Jose.
December 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
A lot of people can walk to those downtowns. It is extremely walkable or bikeable, especially given the weather is great all year. More true for towns from Mountain View north to SF than south to San Jose.
I love living in Buttchug, IN. Very walkable and bikeable. Plz keep the billionaires out of Buttchug.
December 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
I love living in Buttchug, IN. Very walkable and bikeable. Plz keep the billionaires out of Buttchug.
Chastising bike riders for not stopping at red lights along the Embarcadero cycletrack when there is no cross traffic is especially silly, because one could alternately just hop onto the legally bikeable sidewalk & ride past the red lights 100% legally.
KRON 4 doing the big story this morning: how more people are killed by automobiles than are murdered in San Francisco.
Oh, wait, I am told they are pissed bikes ignore red lights on the embarcadero when there is no crossing traffic.
Oh, wait, I am told they are pissed bikes ignore red lights on the embarcadero when there is no crossing traffic.
December 28, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Chastising bike riders for not stopping at red lights along the Embarcadero cycletrack when there is no cross traffic is especially silly, because one could alternately just hop onto the legally bikeable sidewalk & ride past the red lights 100% legally.
That’s part of “reasonably”; some routes/destinations simply aren’t bikeable, unfortunately. But otherwise confidence comes in time
December 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
That’s part of “reasonably”; some routes/destinations simply aren’t bikeable, unfortunately. But otherwise confidence comes in time
Oh god, all those carparks 😵😵😵😵
I loooove how walkable (and bikeable!) the Netherlands are!
I loooove how walkable (and bikeable!) the Netherlands are!
December 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Oh god, all those carparks 😵😵😵😵
I loooove how walkable (and bikeable!) the Netherlands are!
I loooove how walkable (and bikeable!) the Netherlands are!
some folks google search history be like:
> "bikeable places to live"
> "bikeable places to live -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse -NYC -Chicago -Montreal"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diversity -NYC -Chicago -Montreal no bus"
> "bikeable places to live"
> "bikeable places to live -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse -NYC -Chicago -Montreal"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diversity -NYC -Chicago -Montreal no bus"
December 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
some folks google search history be like:
> "bikeable places to live"
> "bikeable places to live -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse -NYC -Chicago -Montreal"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diversity -NYC -Chicago -Montreal no bus"
> "bikeable places to live"
> "bikeable places to live -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diverse -NYC -Chicago -Montreal"
> "bikeable places to live 'white' -diversity -NYC -Chicago -Montreal no bus"
I didn’t analyze dats sources for walkability, but the report says 88 percent of folks in my town (West Hartfird) feel strongly or somewhat strongly there is bikeable infrastructure in the neighborhoods. We’ve made some good progress in the last few years, but this doesn’t square with what I know.
December 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I didn’t analyze dats sources for walkability, but the report says 88 percent of folks in my town (West Hartfird) feel strongly or somewhat strongly there is bikeable infrastructure in the neighborhoods. We’ve made some good progress in the last few years, but this doesn’t square with what I know.
It's great that a lot of people have the flexibility to live in a walkable/bikeable/transit-rich place, but there are only so many housing units in those places. Many don't have that option, for that or other reasons. So crowing about your good fortune is not good activism. In fact it's a bit 🤢🚩.
December 24, 2025 at 11:54 PM
It's great that a lot of people have the flexibility to live in a walkable/bikeable/transit-rich place, but there are only so many housing units in those places. Many don't have that option, for that or other reasons. So crowing about your good fortune is not good activism. In fact it's a bit 🤢🚩.
Lol I am in texas, this is very much not a bikeable area
December 24, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Lol I am in texas, this is very much not a bikeable area
When will people start realizing that private car ownership is stealing their economic futures???
Start demanding real public transit, walkable/bikeable communities, with good land use. Rather than spending $1k a month (car/gas/ins/etc) you could pay like $200 including transit passes & taxes.
Start demanding real public transit, walkable/bikeable communities, with good land use. Rather than spending $1k a month (car/gas/ins/etc) you could pay like $200 including transit passes & taxes.
This is outrageous! “The average price of a new car broke the $50,000 barrier”, according to Kelley Blue Book. Why won’t car companies make cheaper cars? Why won’t cities build reliable mass transit so that cars are not needed?
Car Payments Now Average More Than $750 a Month. Enter the 100-Month Car Loan. — The Wall Street Journal
This fall, typical new car broke $50,000 barrier; ‘We don’t have $300 monthly payments any longer’
apple.news
December 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
When will people start realizing that private car ownership is stealing their economic futures???
Start demanding real public transit, walkable/bikeable communities, with good land use. Rather than spending $1k a month (car/gas/ins/etc) you could pay like $200 including transit passes & taxes.
Start demanding real public transit, walkable/bikeable communities, with good land use. Rather than spending $1k a month (car/gas/ins/etc) you could pay like $200 including transit passes & taxes.
This is another good example. I lived in Portland like 15 years ago, and it did not seem *that* bikeable. Seems to have come a long way since!
December 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
This is another good example. I lived in Portland like 15 years ago, and it did not seem *that* bikeable. Seems to have come a long way since!
Portland is a bikeable city by US standards, but Montreal is currently much better in that regards.
December 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Portland is a bikeable city by US standards, but Montreal is currently much better in that regards.