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Another bonus for bicycling/walking is very predictable arrival time as no traffic jams, public transportation issues etc impact them.
by cesis 9y ago
Another bonus for bicycling/walking is very predictable arrival time as no traffic jams, public transportation issues etc impact them.
- lmm 9y agoAgreed but only up to a point. I can easily spend 5 minutes in the queue for the lights near my flat (a lot of buses and lorries on that road so I can't always lane split safely), and I was delayed much longer once because police had closed the road after a collision.
- celticninja 9y agoTurning round at a road closure is much easier for a cyclist and often they can be very quickly bypassed by becoming a pedestrian and walking your bike via an alternative route.
- Aaargh20318 9y agoYou don't have separate bicycle paths (and traffic lights) where you are ?
- lmm 9y agoMost of my commute is along more cycle-friendly routes (not separate paths, but quiet roads) but I've got a "last mile" at both ends (from home onto the route and from the route to work) that runs across quite busy main roads, since ultimately I live on one of those.
- parthdesai 9y agoJust walk the bike for that portion of your commute?
- lmm 9y agoCould do, but the stop-start vehicle traffic is still faster than walking.
- city41 9y agoI don't whatsoever. I live 4 miles from the office, and I take about 14 back roads to get to it. I still have to cross 3 major roads without a light or anything to help me. San Jose is not bike friendly at all.
- city41 9y agoI bike to work about 50% of the time. I live in San Jose where traffic is very heavy. I have to cross three roads without a light, and how long that takes really varies a lot. Some days I can wait for up to 5 minutes per road, making my cycle commute just as variable as my drive commute.