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Big Dave Coaster Bike Offline Posts: 71 Location: Matthews NC Joined: 05/24/08	Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed 10/25/17 at 5:07pm	Print Post
	I'll throw this out to the masses and hope for the best. I have a coworker who lives in Highland Creek and wants to commute by bike to the Music Factory. When he asked for suggestions I told him to move into the city. Assuming he won't don't that, I'm trying to help find a safe bike route in. Any route suggestions that don't lead to immediate death by smart phone distracted SUV drivers would be greatly appreciated.

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TrillWill IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline THTB Board member 16'-23' LKN TC Posts: 1027 Location: Cornelius Joined: 06/14/11	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #1 - 10/25/17 at 5:37pm	Print Post
	Pass this map along to your friend. It shows a "bicycle suitability" index of local of the major roads. You can also toggle on greenway layers, a bike lane layer, etc. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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SirNotAppearing IB Room In The Loop Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1216 Joined: 03/08/10	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #2 - 10/25/17 at 5:43pm	Print Post
	Mallard Creek/Sugar Creek to Graham maybe? There's also the Mallard Creek Greenway, but I don't think that will help much. Whenever the Blue Line opens up, that will go from the University area to downtown.

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SirNotAppearing IB Room In The Loop Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 1216 Joined: 03/08/10	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #3 - 10/25/17 at 5:45pm	Print Post
	TrillWill wrote on 10/25/17 at 5:37pm: Pass this map along to your friend. It shows a "bicycle suitability" index of local of the major roads. You can also toggle on greenway layers, a bike lane layer, etc. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links) Dang. I spend some quality time on "fair" to "poor" routes. There's also a "planned greenway" right through the lake at Beatty.
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OoHoO Little Ring Offline Gnar...Gnar...Gnar.. Posts: 696 Location: Charlotte Joined: 08/21/13	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #4 - 10/25/17 at 6:42pm	Print Post
	SirNotAppearing wrote on 10/25/17 at 5:45pm: Dang. I spend some quality time on "fair" to "poor" routes. There's also a "planned greenway" right through the lake at Beatty. Yes, we're going to need you to really step up your bridge building skill....

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TrillWill IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline THTB Board member 16'-23' LKN TC Posts: 1027 Location: Cornelius Joined: 06/14/11	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #5 - 10/25/17 at 6:44pm	Print Post
	SirNotAppearing wrote on 10/25/17 at 5:45pm: There's also a "planned greenway" right through the lake at Beatty. Lol Lots of the long range "planned" lines just follow streams, and I guess thats where the old stream center line was before the lake was built.

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Doc00t IB Room In The Loop Project Board Offline When in DOUBT, PEDAL it OUT Posts: 1785 Location: University Joined: 05/09/12	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #6 - 10/25/17 at 7:08pm	Print Post
	I live over there too. Once the Cross Charlotte trail is done your golden, till then... (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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JEDDUH01 Small Cog Offline Work Ride Tarheel Trailblazers Posts: 280 Joined: 03/04/10	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #7 - 10/26/17 at 2:03pm	Print Post
	N Graham is the best 'direct' ride in from Derita down south ( have done myself ... But Tight (no bike lanes technically) And traffic. Light rail /Crosstown trail will HELP in the future But then you have to get from Highland Creek to Univerisity = 6-7 miles in itself. (with greenway use) Not open til spring 2018 potentially. The north Light rail will also help that same commute in the future too... but just have to wait for it to open = Ride to the University = board the train = All the way to uptown.. Problem solved. I would suggest to give this ride a 'pre ride' on a nice calm quiet Sunday morning.. Its a pretty long haul = then add 3 - 5x more traffic on a ' weekday traffic time. and HOME 26 miles per day is Truckin! Google maps also suggests N Grahm or Old Statesville at 1 hr 15 min = 13 miles.

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182 Coaster Bike Offline Posts: 181 Joined: 02/20/10	Re: Bike Commuter Route Suggestions Needed Reply #8 - 10/26/17 at 4:25pm	Print Post
	Doc00t, Frogger video clip is priceless! i can't stop laughing.

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