I Love Palo Alto [on a bike]
I really hate Palo Alto when I am in a car. Most roads are limited to 25-30 mph, and it is one of those cities where cops have a lot of free time to give out tickets. (Reading the police blotter for Palo Alto can be quite amusing. Last year one of the more serious crime waves was a rash of tree and shrubbery thefts!)
Anyway, while I hate Palo Alto in a car, I have grown to love the city when I am on a bike. Palo Alto is almost half of my bike commute to work, so I see a lot of it. Recently I discovered Bryant Ave which is a North/South bike "express lane". It is actually safer, and more importantly faster than Middlefield which has many traffic signals and a few shoulder-less sections. For most of Bryant ave, there are stop signs for perpendicular car traffic, car traffic is often limited to local residents only, and all traffic lights have a bike sensors. I wish more cities would build bike roads like this.
Anyway, while I hate Palo Alto in a car, I have grown to love the city when I am on a bike. Palo Alto is almost half of my bike commute to work, so I see a lot of it. Recently I discovered Bryant Ave which is a North/South bike "express lane". It is actually safer, and more importantly faster than Middlefield which has many traffic signals and a few shoulder-less sections. For most of Bryant ave, there are stop signs for perpendicular car traffic, car traffic is often limited to local residents only, and all traffic lights have a bike sensors. I wish more cities would build bike roads like this.
posted by twothirds at 10:53 AM
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I decided to start commuting to work on a bike. I live near downtown and work next to Shoreline ampitheater so I am going to take Channing across to Embarcadero and 101 where there is a bike path over 101 and then ride along the marshlands, then over San Antonio then cut in towards the bay to arrive at Google. I am really looking forward to bike commuting rather than driving a car. I think it will be life changing.
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