Alternate Assignment

Pick out a three mile or so route that is meaningful to you in some way.  “Ride” it on Google Maps Streetview.  (That is travel it all, examining the streets along the way.).   As you “ride” it see how the parts of the route fit into the categories that Peter Furth has laid out in his article.  (Stand-alone paths, Linear Parks, Cycle Tracks, bike lanes,  local street bikeways, shared road treatments). Include in your report a break down of how much of the route fit into each category. In the Furth article, he references Geller and four types of cyclists (p. 82-83). Which type are you.  If you had cycled this route, would you have felt “traffic stress”?  Would you consider this a low traffic stress route?  Why or why not?  Look on google and compare the time to cycle this route with the time to drive it.  What was the difference?  Do you think it is reasonable to cycle this route?  Why or why not?  Physically go to some place along this route and look at it and observe traffic (car and bicycling).  Does this change any of your analysis?  Is the route physically attractive?