Cycling in Waterloo Region

[tomh009]

Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo and the Region all publish maps showing their cycling paths — trails, MUTs, and bike lanes. Just Google it.

But I'd like to live in a city where I don't have to "just Google it" (DuckDuckGo, though). I'd like to be able to grab my bike and go to where I need to go in a safe way, not spend 20 minutes mapping out where I can do so without the risk of getting killed. Before the era of Just Googling It, you would have to figure out that sort of stuff on your own anyway.

OK, so the real problem is that you don't want to check your phone for the best way to get downtown.

But first you said it was suicidal to get from your house to downtown:

I never, ever feel safe biking anywhere that I happen to need to go. The only time I get my bike out is to do occasional trips to a store or for some exercise on trails. But to get downtown from my house? Hell naw, it's suicidal.

After Dan pointed out that there is a safe route, you said that the cities don't provide any info about those:

In that case, I guess I'm clueless about MUTs here. The cities/region don't publish much info about these sort of things nor do I have time to waste in my life to map bike routes. I imagine if you polled everyone in Waterloo Region how they could get from A to B on a bike, scooter or footpath in the most efficient and safest way, the majority wouldn't have a clue.

But the actual problem is that there isn't enough signage?