General Road and Highway Discussion

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As another anecdote, I traveled King or Davenport to get to work for five years. Whenever I drove, I took Davenport, same as cycling, seeing both before and after shots of whatever I could take notice (and probably a bit more notice of pedestrians and cyclists, as I biked there and liked to see how others dealt with it). Before the diet, I'd feel pressured to go at least 60, and cars would whiz by at 70 or 80, much as you still see on Lexington. I would see few pedestrians and can't recall cyclists of note.

After the diet, I absolutely noticed more of each. Any day I cycled it from Lexington to Northfield, I would tend to run into 1 or 2 cyclists going my way, and see a few more going the other way. I was pleasantly shocked when I saw both recumbent and stand-up tricycles with what I can only fathom were retirees in them, in the bike lanes, something I'd never have expected beforehand. I myself never biked there until the change occurred, as it was too much to bike both Lexington and Davenport, whereas afterwards I could cheat around the homes off Lexington and only face turning left across four lanes of 70-80km/h traffic while cycling uphill from a dead stop, followed by the bridge and changing into the left turn lane at Davenport. That part never got less harrowing.