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My favorite way to explore a new city is by bike. Would like to hear from locals which cities have great bike infrastructure. When I explore a new city I prefer to ride off street cause I'm site seeing.
Live in the Denver area and we have a great bike path system so I am spoiled and tend to be disappointed
with some cities while traveling.
Colorado has both a lottery and limited casino gambling, which committed a certain percentage of the gambling taxes to outdoor recreation. So despite a poor economy, money has been available to develop flood plains and water ditches as recreational trails.
The creeks we have tend to flash flood, so the flood plains tend to be undeveloped. Over the years these have become greenways and bike paths throughout the metro area.
We also have many major waterworks/irrigation canals and ditches that were typically built with a maintenance road beside them. Most of these were developed a 100 years ago before much urban development. Many or these creeks and ditches are dry or almost dry most of the year.
Miami Beach has a great bike infrastructure including a public bike share program, bike lanes, sharrow lanes and wide beach walk paths. It's a tiny city of only 7 square miles with 100 bike stations and 1000 bikes available in the system. By the end of the year, the bike share program moves across the Bay into Miami. This will allow users to explore all of Miami Beach plus Coconut Grove, Brickell, Downtown, Midtown and the Design District of Miami by bike.
Minneapolis and St Paul has a extensive off road bike path/trail system that extends all over the metro, and far into the exburbs. You can literally travel from downtown MPLS to DT St Paul by bicycle on dedicated bike trails, (I was blown away when I moved here by how bikeable it is). For what its worth we were recognized by walkscore.com as the Most Bikeable Cities, and the number 1 city by bicycle magazine in 2010, then #2 in 2012! The area is a great place to be if you are an avid cyclist like myself! The cycle community here is impressive from alternative, to roadies, to MTB! I would encourage you to check it out this summer you won't be dissapointed!
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Austin TX is increasing it's trails fairly well. As of right now, the central area has some to take you around. Big cycling community here, so many different types of riders.
Anchorage, Alaska has a fantastic bike / cross country ski trail system. The busiest parts are the coastal trail and the greenbelts along the creeks, but that also connects with the more rustic trails in two very large city parks, and with the alpine mountain trails in an enormous state park to the east.
Minneapolis and St Paul has a extensive off road bike path/trail system that extends all over the metro, and far into the exburbs. You can literally travel from downtown MPLS to DT St Paul by bicycle on dedicated bike trails, (I was blown away when I moved here by how bikeable it is).
Are dogsleds allowed during the winter? If so, cool!
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