Portland Bests DC
As a regular resident of both Portland and DC I have a hard time believing that DC is a better place for biking and walking than Portland. Portland has hundreds of street miles and trail miles of bike/ped lanes and a culture that is supportive of both biking and walking. Not so in the DC area where it is extremely hazardous to both ride and walk. DC is working hard to improve with an expanded bike sharing program but the infrastructure for actually biking just isn't mature enough. Throughout the past 40 years I have biked and walked in both places and I would no longer risk biking in DC; competing with traffic is horrendous and life threatening. At 63 I still enjoy biking in Portland.
