BIKE: Re: Route advice

[Bob Farr]

Woodland and Woodward each have their plus and minus points. I'd opt for
whatever option kept me on East Side Drive as long as possible. That's the sweet
street, particularly if you can include the Travis Heights greenbelt as part of
your commute. What a hidden treasure that is.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lane S. Wimberley" <lane>
To: <forum>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:57 AM
Subject: BIKE: Route advice


> Dearest fellow commuters and BicycleAustin denizens,
>
> It is with at least slight trepidation that I begin my new commute to
> the south-east corner of I-30 and Ben White, just off of Freidrich Ln
> to be more precise.  In reviewing my thoroughly creased and torn old
> bike route map, I see two route options that present themselves, and I
> wondered if any of you might have experience in this area enough to
> weigh in with helpful advice on which of the two is superior.
>
> The first, and the one that I've test-ridden once a few weeks back, is
> down East Side, across the St. Edwards campus to Woodward, where I
> turn east to cross both I-35 and Ben White (the intersections with
> which are nasty, strewn as they are with nails and broken glass, and
> lacking as they do dedicated bike facilities, which forces one up onto
> the sidewalks for stretches).
>
> The other option that I just noticed is to continue east on
> Annie/Woodland across I-35, where it appears there's a controlled
> crossing of I-35 as opposed to the non-controlled crossing at
> Woodward), to turn south on Parker Ln.  Parker then heads all the way
> down to Woodward, where I'm still faced with crossing Ben White, but
> the time spent on (the nasty section of) Woodward would be roughly
> halved.
>
> For maps, each showing these two routes, see
>
>     http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/bicycle/c2s.htm
>     http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol17/issue07/pols.bikemap.7.html
>
> Any advice would, as always, be much appreciated.  Whatever I learn,
> from others or by experience, I'll try to remember to pass along to
> the list and, more important, to Michael Bluejay to include on
> BicycleAustin.
>
> -Lane
>
> PS I know about the bus route options, but I'd like to try to cycle
> the whole way, as I'm a glutton for punishment (ie, I love to ride)
>
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