Bike Route?
I discovered, while riding with both feet firmly on the pedals, and one had present on the handlebars at all time, a new route to work that I like. It uses the 20th Street bike route to go south from D Street all the way to Highway 2, just west of the crossing.
I was surprised by this set of signs just north of Van Dorn, where the bike route sign points directly into a dead end. It turns out there's a relatively primitive shortcut path across the Irving Middle School grounds.
It made me think about what makes a good bike route. It should not (only) be a place where this is not much motorize traffic. Energy and momentum are cyclists' treasures, and they should not be squandered. There should not be many stops and starts, and cyclists on a bike route should never be required to dismount.
Later on the ride, I found a place on the Rock Island trail where
someone had broken several bottles. I stopped to gather up as many of
the shards as I could. While I was working, several people stopped to
pitch in. Once we'd gotten up as much as we could, I started to ride
away. A woman called after me, You're going to go straight to
heaven!
Hmm, I don't know, but either way, I'd like to put the trip off a few dozens of years.
Mon Jul 2 11:54:20 2007, by Barbara: