Scott Rose wrote <Who knew that Boston was even in the running? Not me.>
a) they are only ranking large cities right now. Interesting that Madison is considered a large city, it’s probably the smallest on the list. Minneapolis, Portland, San Francisco, and Boston ahead of Madison, with Washington DC, Seattle, Tucson, New York and Chicago rounding out the top ten. b) having cut my teeth bike commuting in Boston is the late 1970’s, and with my older son living there now and bike commuting, I can attest that Boston, like many other large cities, is great for bicycling even without a lot of bike specific infrastructure due to compact geographic size, lots of destinations everywhere, and enough congestion so that cars generally are driven at bicycle speeds or lower. Bicycling is often faster than driving in Boston, especially when you factor in the time it takes to park a car and then walk to your destination. But you knew that already. Matt Logan wrote <A 67/100 was usually a D+/C- on a test when I went to school. Yet it is good enough to make Madison #5 in the US.> I think this was a difficult test and gets graded on a curve. Look at the map of Madison at http://www.walkscore.com/bike/WI/Madison You will note that the Isthmus and near east/west sides basically score 100. I think this is what Scott was referring to by his subject line How Green is My Isthmus – very green on the map. The edges of the city not so well. I think a lot of this difference is accounted for by a lack of destinations on the edges of the city, click on the destination button below the map. Arthur Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator City of Madison Traffic Engineering Division 215 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Suite 100 PO Box 2986 Madison, WI 53701-2986 608/266-6225
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