Did a bit of travel earlier this month; drove across Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, into Ontario a bit, through Minnesota, North Dakota, and back via Winnipeg. Took a lot of photos, and still working through a lot of them.
Figured a new thread made sense since I will have more to post later, and that this section of the forum made the most sense to post them in since they're not all urban. They may not be in chronological order, either.
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"The destructive effects of automobiles are much less a cause than a symptom of our incompetence at city building" - Jane Jacobs 1961ish
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Cities are the most extraordinary human creation. They are this phenomenon which has unbelievable capacity to solve problems, to innovate, to invent, to create prosperity, to make change and continually reform. - Ken Greenburg
/\ even in bike-friendly Minneapolis it looks like people still ride on sidewalks. The infrastructure right there shows why though...
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^ Well don't take that one photo as evidence - Minneapolis is a pretty big city. This area is pretty awkward, as it is basically where two major streets meet/diverge, and interchange with two freeways. Just south of here, both streets (Hennepin and Lyndale) become much more urban and bike-friendly.
Downtown Minnie was also quite bike-friendly it seemed, and had a lot of cyclists out and about, as did Uptown, which is a bit south of Lowry Hill pictured above.
^ Well don't take that one photo as evidence - Minneapolis is a pretty big city. This area is pretty awkward, as it is basically where two major streets meet/diverge, and interchange with two freeways. Just south of here, both streets (Hennepin and Lyndale) become much more urban and bike-friendly.
Downtown Minnie was also quite bike-friendly it seemed, and had a lot of cyclists out and about, as did Uptown, which is a bit south of Lowry Hill pictured above.
Oh I know. Just making a comment in jest. I like Minni. The sister-in-law and her husband use to live there and we visited a couple times.
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Cities are the most extraordinary human creation. They are this phenomenon which has unbelievable capacity to solve problems, to innovate, to invent, to create prosperity, to make change and continually reform. - Ken Greenburg