It’s really great!!! At this rate the north side of the river will be completely bikeable for all ages and abilities in a matter of years.

I submitted a 311 this morning! I’ll also dm you the address.

Seeing it for the first time soon, I read the graphic novel earlier this year! (not gen z tho, just on the cusp)

Congrats on making it to the end! Here’s a few other favorite shots I took while in PR.

Lastly, I made a quick stop in Ponce. It had lovely buildings, a pedestrian street, and this weird parking lot hidden behind a building facade. However, it’s clear that the city has still not recovered from the 2020 earthquake. The city was very quiet and there were lots of vacancies.

I saw this strange sign that looks like a one-way sign, but had arrows in two directions…

Fun fact: Puerto Rico is the only place in the US where you can get a European-sized license plate!

There were a ton of Hyundai Venues around—a fairly small vehicle. I am once again asking US car makers to make small cars!

Many of the highways and roads around the island seemed over-built. There was a highway with stores right on it, and a 4-lane road through a neighborhood with speed bumps (make that make sense).

Outside the Old City, San Juan (and much of the rest of the island) felt very car-dependancy. You can clearly see how American suburbanization has really changed the island as evidenced by the many strip malls right next to quaint small villages.

We rented bikes one day! There are two main roads going east-west that have bidirectional protected bike lanes—which were quite nice! However, outside of those roads, there was very little safe bike infrastructure (there was a section of highway with sharrows on it!).

There was this outdoor (not so little) free library!

The Old City is stunning. Lots of small streets with beautiful blue pavers (which are easy to repair!), lovely squares, outdoor dining, and on very lively streets with tons of bars on it. I found the old fort at the tip of the peninsula to be stunning with a large open green.

Transit was entirely free while I was there. I’m still not sure why TBH. But, the system does have tap to pay which was great! I sadly did not get to side the Tren Urbano.

Unfortunately, going back to the airport, I tried taking the bus from its terminus, but did not leave at its scheduled time and after 10 minutes I had to give up.

I took the bus from the airport to Old San Juan. The stop was a bit hard to find, the frequencies were not great, and there was no realtime data, but the ride was very lovely and most stops had shelters. It even went through a pretty long busway!

It’s the same car that always is there.