Are major Alabama cities really among the worst in the country for cyclists? 🚴 Reporter LawrenceSpecker chronicled a week of cycling to find out:
Welcome to life in Mobile, Alabama, the second-worst large city in the nation for bicyclists, according to some lawncare folks.Memorial Day, a chance for a nice holiday ride. A diverse group of around 20 people have answered the call, showing up at Causey Middle School for a 7 a.m. departure. Causey is on the fringes of west Mobile and west Mobile traffic, so in short order the group is on an 18-mile run southward toward Bayou La Batre.
Here’s how this works: A company interested in getting some exposure ranks a bunch of cities for best-this or worst-that. News outlets in those cities make hay with the results, and the company gets mentioned in the coverage. Journalists’ inboxes are filled with these things, and you just have to take them on their merits. Some are sheer garbage, some offer a different way of seeing the place where you live.
Turns out the problem here is the methodology. The wizards at LawnStarter could have based their rankings on sensible factors, such as: The number of popular routes with waterfront views, the chance of seeing an alligator, the ease of getting from Midtown to Downtown or the number of rides that start and finish at Callaghan’s Irish Social Club.
And I’ve visited Knoxville, where a network of greenways provides access to much of the city, including a beltline along the river and corridors to many public parks. Mobile has a greenway plan,Yeah, we could be better. But second-worst? Hey, we’ve got a lot to offer. We’ve got, a great resource for cyclists on a budget. We’ve got a few dedicated bike lanes, and little by little they’re starting to add up.
Nothing to see here, just some folks out for the usual Thursday night bayfront sunset ride in Mobile, supposedly the second-worst city in the U.S. for cyclists. Then it’s back the way we came, pushing harder, the fast folks going faster, the slower folks pacing themselves.
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