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Comparing Bike Route Planners
The following image by Share the Road – Essex County (fb page LINK) shows how 5 different bike route planners compare in terms of designing comfortable bike routes that avoid traffic-stressed roads in Windsor-Essex ON. METHOD: Random waypoints from a bike itinerary published by Ontario By Bike (ROUTE LINK) for the Windsor-Essex region were input…
Advisory Bike Lanes – An Idea Whose Time Has Come – Hopefully To The Narrows of Point Pelee Drive in 2024!
Advisory Bike lanes (click on link for video) are a new way for drivers and cyclists to share the road. Motorists share the main middle lane with oncoming vehicles. Each side of the road has an advisory bike lane – which is delineated from the main travel lane (in the middle of the road) with…
Meet Matthew
Like most cyclists, Matthew St. Amand bikes for health & fitness. But for him that’s an big understatement. He’d struggled with his weight his entire adult life. In his own words, “cycling saved my life.” Fast forward. Today, he’s down 100 lbs from his peak weight of nearly 300 lbs. In doing so he’s now…
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