Staying in Gilching, a sort of commuter village 30 mins outside Munich. I always find it interesting as a place that seems very bikable, but not that walkable.
First picture is the triplex we are staying in, middle building. Right is a duplex (I think), not sure about left. Sneaky density that looks like traditional houses.
Others show parts of my route to the climbing gym. On a bike it would be great - straight, flat and fast. On foot... eh, it's a little bit dull and far.
I took a bus 🧵
It's an example of how a suburb built within a 2.5km ring of a train station can easily be made very bikable, and this could be a great way to retrofit existing suburbs.
But it doesn't necessarily make it highly walkable, which is sometimes assumed or sortof glossed over ... the two things are really very different.
that reduces the walk from 30 mins to 15 mins. The bus comes every 20 mins. It goes to the train station - otherwise a 20 min walk from our place.
Normally those kind of distances would be fine for me, but I have a knee injury (from excessive rockclimbing) and am trying to rest it and feeling a bit trapped.
I really recommend leg injuries to walkability people, they always give you a new perspective!
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