Ft. Lauderdale, etc (was Re: BIKE: Most Dangerous Cities For Walking)

[Mike Dahmus]

Mark Haller wrote:

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>
>  I remember the Utne Reader article from 2001 by Peter Katz (a "new 
> urbanism" preacher, if you will) that said West Palm Beach was the 
> second most underrated town in the US - not in terms of bicycling, i 
> guess, but in other anti-sprawl efforts, particularly revitalized 
> downtown. Shouldn't those efforts company better bicycle 
> infrastructure?  I guess not.
>
> (You have to pay to read the original UTNE article, otherwise I'd post 
> a link.)


That's sort of the point. Boca is close to Ft. Lauderdale (as close as 
Austin is to Cedar Park) and just as different. Where you live 
determines how you'll be able to travel, and Dennis chose poorly.

Both West Palm and Ft. Lauderdale have been densifying their downtowns. 
Ft. Lauderdale more residential, West Palm started with more of a retail 
focus (serving as the bane of my existence as people kept bringing them 
up as a reason why we should convert our own downtown to 2-way streets - 
it's great for window shopping but horrible for pedestrians and cyclists).

- MD