American cities without a car
 

NY is easy (well manhattan anyway), SF (where i'm going next) seems fairly walking friendly but what other US cities are ok to visit without a car?

San Francisco isn't walking-friendly, it is walking-mandatory.

so walking around areas like the Mission, Haight are easy enough right. The Haight was the only place i could find decent cheap rooms. Is that a decent spot to see elsewhere from?

Sure you can. Haight street is prime walking real estate. I suggest that you get a bus pass if you want to venture into places like the warf (which is a tourist trap, though) or want head north to see the big red but called golden bridge.

Pittsburgh isn't too bad, though you want a bus pass.

I have friends living in Pittsburgh who said exactly the same thing. Sounds like a nice city from what I hear.

yeah, I imagine a bus pass is necessary even in the smallest of cities. I imagine walking between Haight and the Mission is OK distance-wise. Anything I need to know about safety wise though (at night I mean)? It all seems pretty fine but you never know.

As long as you aren't walking through the Tenderloin at night, you're A-Okay.

i found ny and san francisco easy to get around without a car, the only place where the transport system was bad and you had to drive was LA. they should really invest more in public transport.

The only "problem" you might have is guys trying to pick you up.

How the heck do you find cheap rooms in the Haight? Anywhere in the Bay Area?

whats seattle like public transport wise? i am going there in october.

Are you serious? I've lived here for three years and nothing like that has happened to me or anyone I know. You're not really going to be hit on by guys unless you're hanging out at Castro street's gay bars dressed up for the kill.

you don't need a car in Austin, but you might need a bike.


"10 points if you can hit the hippie"

washington dc is awesome on foot. better on foot than by car, in fact.

a profuse network of sidewalks, abundant street theatre, lots of buses, an excellent metro system, and cheap cabs for when you're too drunk to walk home.

worth visiting for a couple of days on your way down from nueva york. the chinese buse are a cheap way to shuttle between both chinatowns.

the bus system is very excellent, and walking around was very nice even though it is hilly, although i did have a guide in Naomi who knows the bus schedule

there is also a monorail that goes from downtown to the space needle, but i don't know how convient it really is

The seattle monorail is more for pleasure than anything else. It will take you from the seattle center to a mall near Macy's, downtown. Most of Seattle's sights are within walking distance of eachother.. except maybe the Zoo, which you'll have to take the bus to. I was in Seattle for a week with a hire car and we didn't use the car once.

Also a walking-friendly city is Denver. Just about everything interesting in Denver is off 16th street, which has free shuttles running up and down all day.

Er... I'm going to have to disagree. Mind, I DO get by with just a bike and feet, but i'taint easy. Much of the best stuff in Austin is well outside the downtown/U of T area. Plus Capital Metro suxxx!!!

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That is one area I am staying out. People shold come more often to L.A. it is not as bad. So what if you are in your car three hours to your trip, and three hours going back. That is why you make month long trip when coming to L.A.

los angeles SUCKS without a car.
new york is easy enough.
i don't really go enough places in the united states to know. chicago is okay.

I know, now that I have a car I go anywhere.

thanks man, i was thinking about seeing if there are any board members willing to show me around, doubtful though.

In canada, Montreal is great. Metro system, bus, and train take you everywhere.

I'll go ahead and say Omaha is a prime walking city. But then again, I'm not sure where you'd walk to.

Minneapolis is fantastic for biking. I like it less so for public transit, but it's getting better. I prefer year round biking though. Many bike-only roadways and many bike lanes on others, with improvements to this system every year. Plus it's pretty flat.

Kentucky!!! I ride my bike everyday. very biker friendly well sorta.

when i was walking in LA people where looking at me like i was homeless just because i didnt have a car.

i've been living without a car for three and a half years here in Los Angeles, and I'd say that the past have been no more worse then the years previous where I drove...

I got the same in Cheyenne, WY. It was like a ghost town. But with pickup trucks.

i can imagine that in Cheyenne you need a vehicle drastically more then you do in LA, the bus must not take you too far

True when I used to ride the metro it was not bad nor good. Just a state of monotony.

exactly, but to my interpretation, this experience is the same as sitting in traffic, which is inevitable here. LA needs to follow China's example and just ban 1 million cars from the street and make everyone take the bus.