General Road and Highway Discussion

[eizenstriet]

...cycling route for people to use to get from uptown to the mall.

A very nice way to do this is on the Laurel Trail. Start at Waterloo City Hall, continue alongside Laurel Creek, making necessary road crossings and occasional dekes away from the stream, until you get to the fork of the trails in Hillside Park (I think that's what it's called - in any event, it's lovely and park-like). Thence carry on alongside Forwell Creek, taking you right up to Manulife. Then cheat up the sidewalk to the mall.

It really doesn't take much longer than driving (given all the red lights) and circling like a vulture to score a choice parking spot. It's a very bucolic and fairly direct path, and way more soothing than a designated roadside cycling allowance along Weber/Lexington/Davenport.

If you're buying a 60" flat screen TV at the mall, disregard the above.