Arthur said: “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.”
As Robbie pointed out in the comments, clicking on “bike commuters” gives you a different map: http://www.walkscore.com/bike/WI/Madison And the map of bike commuters is essentially bounded by the beltline, Stoughton Rd, the bike unfriendly expanse of South Park St/Fish Hatch south of Lake Wingra, and the grade separated confluence of Highway 30 and East Washington Ave. So it’s not just the relative lack of destinations on the edges, or the lower density of residents there (although both of those play a part, see, e.g. Midvale Blvd the western boundary of the green on the bike commuters map, which isn’t so much bike unfriendly as it is lacking in residents and/or destinations). A huge factor in what makes the Isthmus and near east and west green, and the rest red, is the giant, often nearly impervious barriers to cycling and walking that we’ve built to accommodate cars at the expense of all other road users. Now it’s time to build preferentially build accommodations for everyone else, even if that comes at the expense of a bit of delay for the user group we’ve preferentially accommodated for most of the last century. We can certainly revisit the issue in another 80 years or so, if necessary. chuck
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