This came out of a bike group I am part of. At least there are plenty of great ice cream places in and around the city.
I probably would stop in Bellevue on a bike ride if it wasn’t so awful and clearly car dependent.
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99% ... They pulled that number put of their ass...
No idea where in the world this is, but in Europe, retailers consistently overestimate the number of customers coming by car. For example, this Bristol study where retailers thought 41% of their customers were coming by car but the actual number was 22%.
Ps: oh, this is a Seattle community, that might answer my first question...
https://cidadanialxmob.tripod.com/shoppersandhowtheytravel.pdf
If this is in the US, possibly not
The US deserves all the car-worshipping memes we get, but even here, downtown areas have a lot of foot and bike traffic.