For sure, I have a regular bike I ride for recreation when I have the time and I’m very familiar with the city. My average shift has me driving between 100-300 miles a day, usually without leaving my county. I’ve mapped out bike paths using Google and just kind of looking at adjacent roads and whathaveyou. Problem is for ~8 of my 10 mile commute would be following an 8 lane road that doesn’t have any viable alternatives near it. It’s lined by shopping plazas, with disjointed, disconnected housing subdivisions behind those. No bikepaths to speak of. After that it would be half a mile of mixed development side streets, crossing a 10 lane intersection, small stretch of residential street, crossing a 6 lane road, and then finally into the business park my job is located. A business park with a 40 mph speed limit, down winding roads with no bikepaths and sidewalks that like to end abruptly and switch sides of the road.
My city itself is damn near hostile to pedestrians and the area I live in is the poster child for awful design.
Shopping is another thing entirely that is just luck on my part. I’m a short walk to the shopping “hub” for my area
Wow, that’s not great. You have my condolences and I hope you manage to convince your city to put some money into a frontage road or path of some sort. I’ve seen some pretty nice rail trails and the like in very small communities, but they take a lot of work and time.
For sure, I have a regular bike I ride for recreation when I have the time and I’m very familiar with the city. My average shift has me driving between 100-300 miles a day, usually without leaving my county. I’ve mapped out bike paths using Google and just kind of looking at adjacent roads and whathaveyou. Problem is for ~8 of my 10 mile commute would be following an 8 lane road that doesn’t have any viable alternatives near it. It’s lined by shopping plazas, with disjointed, disconnected housing subdivisions behind those. No bikepaths to speak of. After that it would be half a mile of mixed development side streets, crossing a 10 lane intersection, small stretch of residential street, crossing a 6 lane road, and then finally into the business park my job is located. A business park with a 40 mph speed limit, down winding roads with no bikepaths and sidewalks that like to end abruptly and switch sides of the road.
My city itself is damn near hostile to pedestrians and the area I live in is the poster child for awful design.
Shopping is another thing entirely that is just luck on my part. I’m a short walk to the shopping “hub” for my area
Wow, that’s not great. You have my condolences and I hope you manage to convince your city to put some money into a frontage road or path of some sort. I’ve seen some pretty nice rail trails and the like in very small communities, but they take a lot of work and time.