[RyLucky]

Originally Posted by Rusty van Reddick

Two degrees, MS (MSc in Canadian) and PhD. Spent 7 years there, biked the entire time, never owned a car and only took the bus when I was on crutches for a ruptured Achilles tendon.

Bike paradise even in 1986 when I started. Massive (45,000 student) university in the centre of town and a university that was overwhelmingly residential- almost no students lived "at home." More than 90% in dorms, off campus apartments and house shares (5 bedroom apartments abound Madison, the only city I've ever encountered that routinely has listing for 5 bedrooms- for students, not families with children), and in Greek houses. Most bikes per capita in the US when I was there. It was even better than Portland for cycling, in the 80s at least.

Awesome. I knew very little about Madison before I visited last week. Having been to both Madison and Portland in the last year, I'll confirm that Madison still has an upper hand at cycle infrastructure.