Is Richmond a bike/walk friendly city?

[CHIP72]

I took a day trip to Richmond almost 2 months ago, primarily checking out downtown, Shockhoe Bottom, and the Carytown area (and I rode a local GRTC bus through The Fan between downtown and Carytown, as well as from the Richmond Greyhound Terminal to downtown - took Amtrak from Main Street Station near the downtown/Shockhoe Bottom border back to DC). IMO the parts of Richmond I saw and checked out on foot were highly walkable, perhaps not as walkable as Philadelphia or New York (when you aren't crossing the avenues or major east-west streets in midtown Manhattan in the latter case), but definitely on par with Washington or Baltimore, which are only slightly less walkable than Philadelphia or New York IMO.

I can't speak so much to other questions, but I'd guess based on what I saw that Richmond has most of the attributes you describe in some of its neighborhoods, albeit at a lesser scale than the larger cities to its north.

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by CHIP72

I took a day trip to Richmond almost 2 months ago, primarily checking out downtown, Shockhoe Bottom, and the Carytown area (and I rode a local GRTC bus through The Fan between downtown and Carytown, as well as from the Richmond Greyhound Terminal to downtown - took Amtrak from Main Street Station near the downtown/Shockhoe Bottom border back to DC). IMO the parts of Richmond I saw and checked out on foot were highly walkable, perhaps not as walkable as Philadelphia or New York (when you aren't crossing the avenues or major east-west streets in midtown Manhattan in the latter case), but definitely on par with Washington or Baltimore, which are only slightly less walkable than Philadelphia or New York IMO.

I can't speak so much to other questions, but I'd guess based on what I saw that Richmond has most of the attributes you describe in some of its neighborhoods, albeit at a lesser scale than the larger cities to its north.

Richmond being a SOUTHERN city in the SOUTH, is of course different from Philadelphia and NYC.

[Anders15]

I can't imagine anyone riding a bike downtown without wearing a cup. It must hurt like hell on those streets.

[Richmonder27]

Originally Posted by RonMaverick804

I can't imagine anyone riding a bike downtown without wearing a cup. It must hurt like hell on those streets.

I use Grove Ave and thats right smooth. Never had a problem down there. The cobblestone jolts my rear end more than anything.