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Article #104Re: San Mateo <-> Palo Alto
From: Mike Jacoubowsky
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:23
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 05:23
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"David Fetter" <david@fetter.org> wrote in message news:AsednRzJNL-lDHPQnZ2dnUVZ_rWdnZ2d@speakeasy.net... > Hello, > > I'm about to move to San Mateo for a shorter commute to work in Palo > Alto. Is it dangerously crazy to ride on 82 (El Camino Real) for that > stretch? > > Cheers, > David. > -- > David Fetter <david@fetter.org> http://fetter.org/ > Phone: +1 415 235 3778 AIM: dfetter666 Yahoo!: dfetter > Skype: davidfetter XMPP: david.fetter@gmail.com > iCal: webcal://www.tripit.com/feed/ical/people/david74/tripit.ics > > Remember to vote! > Consider donating to Postgres: http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate El Camino isn't so bad except for San Mateo itself. Where in San Mateo? Many like Old County, but if you don't like stopping at red lights, you'll hate it. They're all times for cross-traffic, and, last time I rode it, none of them were the type with countdown timers to red, like they're putting up on El Camino. As a cyclist, I love those countdown timers. You can tell from a distance if you're going to make it or if it's time to soft pedal. From Belmont heading south, I have no real issues with El Camino. It's not pretty, but it works, and I resent the notion CalTrans sometimes offers up that El Camino shouldn't be improved for cycling because it's not a place bikes belong. --Mike-- Chain Reaction Bicycles www.ChainReactionBicycles.com
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