Biked to work

[dmaze]

Finally got around to biking to work today. On the one hand, it seems like there should be a good way to do it that doesn't involve McGrath Highway; on the other, that really does feel optimal to minimize the cumulative change in height. I wonder how I get home. And if I'm being too paranoid about bike parking; I took off the front light and brought my helmet inside, since that seemed to be what everyone else was doing. "If I do this a lot, it'll be good for me."

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[frolain.livejournal.com]

Looking at mapquest and keeping in mind that on my scooter I'm slightly more shy of bigger roads like McGrath here's the route I'd probably consider.

shore dr -> mystic -> butler -> temple -> marshall -> pearl -> medford. staying on the ground level of medford all the way to lambert st and then take fulkerson to binney.

If I were more used to the part of McGrath before the overpass I might take it to medford instead of winding through those back roads, but I think the overpass would feel too much like a real highway unless I had company.

[dmaze]

To a first approximation, that's almost exactly what I did; I left Ten Hills going around the other way and took Cardinal Medeiros instead of Fulkerson on the Cambridge end. I wouldn't want to bike along McGrath Highway proper if I had any other choice. But staying along the right side of Medford Street as it stays on the surface was fine if I could avoid the stopped cars.

Didn't get to figure out a way home, though. I was supposed to meet Emily in Somerville, but she got lost on the way, so I aborted having left campus to go to her place instead. Not entirely clear how horrendous going through Union Square actually is.