this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2023
6 points (100.0% liked)

City Life

2167 readers
11 users here now

All topics urbanism and city related, from urban planning to public transit to municipal interest stuff. Both automobile and FuckCars inclusive.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
Butterbee@beehaw.org
aponigricon@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
6
How do you get around daily? (beehaw.org)
submitted 2 years ago by omenmis@beehaw.org to c/citylife@beehaw.org
8 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Just wondering how people here get around day-to-day.

I personally try to use a bike as much as possible, but end up driving because of the structure of US suburbia and being the friend with a car™.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] sjmulder@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Living in a small Dutch city (~90k) near a major city, where I work.

  • Walking to local square with supermarkets/hairdressers/cafe's/etc. Just a few minutes.
  • Cycling pretty much everywhere else in the city, mostly visiting family and friends.
  • Public transport everywhere else (which makes up the bulk). Two bus stops in ~5 min walk, railway station <10 min bike ride.

Only in the last few years have I come to appreciate how lucky I am to live in such a well designed place. What my hometown does especially well is traffic segregation - there's a good network of carfree/lite routes throughout the city. Not just great for cycling but also running.