Fwd: BIKE: commute advice: downtown to apple

[Lane Wimberley]

Dammit!  Not used to gmail yet.  Apologies to MD.  -Lane


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From: Lane Wimberley <bikelane>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 22:08:00 -0600
Subject: Re: BIKE: commute advice: downtown to apple
To: Mike Dahmus <mdahmus>


My preference, starting from 18th and San Antonio, would be
to get on Rio Grande and take it all the way up north of w 29th,
and then joggle over to West.  Take West north up to 34th and turn
west, er, hang a left.  Cross Lamar and go behind the hospital
to pick up the Shoal Creek Trail on the right.  That trail will take
you through Seider's Spring park and right up to Shoal Creek Blvd
just north of 38th.

Speaking of this route, they're doing some sort of maintenance
on the south side of Seider's Spring, and there is a detour on the
trail.  It's kind of nice that they went to the trouble to establish
a temporary trail as the detour route (I've seen where they just
block the trail, basically saying to users, "we're working here;
get lost"), but the temporary trail is some sort of mulch-like bark
and totally unrideable.  It's a short walk, though -- not too bad.

The construction on SCB is slated to begin Feb 7th.  No idea
what the impact to cyclists will be, nor how long it will take.

Hancock is a fine way to cross MoPac, as is the trail over to
Far West and Steck.  If you use Hancock, I've found that E Hill Dr.
is a good link between Thorncliffe (with its short but steep hill) and
N Hills Dr, which you can then take all the way up to Mesa.

-Lane


On Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:12:51 -0600, Mike Dahmus <mdahmus> wrote:
> Oh, I should add - the pictures and editorializing are from 1999ish, unless
> otherwise noted. There is in fact a good way to get to Balcones southbound
> and cross Mopac on Hancock if you prefer - I hadn't figured it out at the
> time I wrote the slides. Northbound isn't as good a trip due to some big
> hills - but I do sometimes cross at Hancock on my trip home from work these
> days.
>
> - MD
>
> On 08:04 PM 1/26/2005 -0600, Mike Dahmus wrote:
> >Jonathan,
> >
> >I biked from Clarksville to the vicinity of Oak Knoll / 183 about 300
> >times  (had 3 or 4 offices in the vicinity at 2 companies over a few years).
> >
> >See:
> >
> >http://www.io.com/~mdahmus/cgi-bin/slideshow.cgi?show=workcommute
> >
> >(has most of the route - you'll want to pick this up at either Shoal Creek
> >or Bull Creek - now that I go from my house in North University to
> >183/Braker, I usually head west on 38th to Medical Parkway, up MP to 45th,
> >jog over one block and cut through Rosedale to Shoal Creek at that point.
> >Woodrow is also a good north route, especially now that Shoal Creek will
> >be going under construction for the foreseeable future -- you can cut over
> >to the north Shoal Creek corridor on Morrow and then take Shoal Creek up
> >to Steck, which is where I prefer to cross Mopac and get to Mesa).
> >
> >E-mail me if you're missing anything from here.
> >
> >- MD

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"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the
human race."
- HG Wells