Cycling in Waterloo Region

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A fairly large portion of that trip can be handled by the Iron Horse/Laurel/Forwell trails. Maybe not the most direct, but it is pretty fast.

This is especially precious, but I simply don't enjoy riding on the Iron Horse trail through the cores. I'm the sort of cyclist who is easily frustrated by ambling pedestrians and I believe that cyclists shouldn't ride at top speed along the trails because it's unsafe for the other users. And for the past couple of summers as an infrequent user it's always been a crap shoot as to whether or not a stretch will be under construction. I'll go a block or two out of my way to navigate side streets over the Iron Horse, and I assume that the Spur Line is similar.

Yes, these are certainly multi-use trails. Montreal has infrastructure with separate pedestrian and cyclist lanes (segregated by grass). I think the pedestrian was stonedust and cyclist was paved.