03-07-2022, 08:11 AM
Re: going to Cambridge - it largely depends where in Cambridge you're going. The route via Wilson/Old Mill/Blair is about as direct as you can get when heading to Galt. Once you're over the river and in Blair, it's practically an expressway - no cars, no stoplights. Just zoom on down until you enter downtown Galt.
If you want to go to Sportsworld, I would recommend taking the pedestrian bridge over the Grand River near the Doon campus. It's indirect, and there are some really simple obvious improvements the city could make to make it more practical, but this is the city we live in now, and it's a safe, reasonable route.
If you want to go to Preston, I recommend taking the above route to Fountain and then if continuing to Hespeler taking the MUT from Riverside Park along the Speed River. There is a MUT along Fountain and the MUT along the Speed River, while gravel, is generally well maintained. More direct alternate road routes into Hespeler from Kitchener aren't great on a bike.
Hidden Valley - Galt
Sportsworld Detour
Preston/Hespeler Detour
If you want to go to Sportsworld, I would recommend taking the pedestrian bridge over the Grand River near the Doon campus. It's indirect, and there are some really simple obvious improvements the city could make to make it more practical, but this is the city we live in now, and it's a safe, reasonable route.
If you want to go to Preston, I recommend taking the above route to Fountain and then if continuing to Hespeler taking the MUT from Riverside Park along the Speed River. There is a MUT along Fountain and the MUT along the Speed River, while gravel, is generally well maintained. More direct alternate road routes into Hespeler from Kitchener aren't great on a bike.
Hidden Valley - Galt
Sportsworld Detour
Preston/Hespeler Detour