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08-16-07, 12:28 PM
I generally consider myself a working professional rather than a student, but I'm taking a night class this semester at our local community college, so I get to be a student again.
I was playing with the relatively new adjustable route feature on google maps, and this is (pretty much) the route I'll be taking to school:
Bike route to school. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=20th+Ave+%4037.785000,+-122.479730&daddr=23rd+Ave+%4037.783300,+-122.482820+to:23rd+Ave+%4037.774720,+-122.482190+to:Transverse+Dr+%4037.768010,+-122.479570+to:Martin+Luther+King+Jr+Dr+%4037.766740,+-122.486340+to:Martin+Luther+King+Jr+Dr+%4037.765420,+-122.490480+to:37.764778,-122.495799+to:37th+Ave+%4037.762880,+-122.496430+to:37th+Ave+%4037.751960,+-122.495660+to:37th+Ave+%4037.742190,+-122.494970+to:37th+Ave+%4037.734800,+-122.494460+to:Clearfield+Dr+%4037.732020,+-122.491440+to:Ocean+Ave+%4037.732210,+-122.487220+to:Ocean+Ave+%4037.732480,+-122.480120+to:City+College+of+San+Francisco,+50+Phelan+Ave,+San+Francisco,+CA&mrcr=5,6&mrsp=6&sz=15&mra=dpe&sll=37.763964,-122.479234&sspn=0.021984,0.047035&ie=UTF8&ll=37.756873,-122.474899&spn=0.087945,0.188141&z=13&om=1)
I've carefully constructed that route to go around all the hilly parts of the city. :) I go a mile out of my way to the west just because it's nice and flat. Taking this class adds 16 miles per week on Thursdays to my commute, and some amount I haven't determined yet on Mondays and Wednesdays, since I'll be coming from work. Probably about an extra 7 or 8 miles per day. An extra 30 miles a week on the bike never hurt anyone. :)
I was playing with the relatively new adjustable route feature on google maps, and this is (pretty much) the route I'll be taking to school:
Bike route to school. (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=20th+Ave+%4037.785000,+-122.479730&daddr=23rd+Ave+%4037.783300,+-122.482820+to:23rd+Ave+%4037.774720,+-122.482190+to:Transverse+Dr+%4037.768010,+-122.479570+to:Martin+Luther+King+Jr+Dr+%4037.766740,+-122.486340+to:Martin+Luther+King+Jr+Dr+%4037.765420,+-122.490480+to:37.764778,-122.495799+to:37th+Ave+%4037.762880,+-122.496430+to:37th+Ave+%4037.751960,+-122.495660+to:37th+Ave+%4037.742190,+-122.494970+to:37th+Ave+%4037.734800,+-122.494460+to:Clearfield+Dr+%4037.732020,+-122.491440+to:Ocean+Ave+%4037.732210,+-122.487220+to:Ocean+Ave+%4037.732480,+-122.480120+to:City+College+of+San+Francisco,+50+Phelan+Ave,+San+Francisco,+CA&mrcr=5,6&mrsp=6&sz=15&mra=dpe&sll=37.763964,-122.479234&sspn=0.021984,0.047035&ie=UTF8&ll=37.756873,-122.474899&spn=0.087945,0.188141&z=13&om=1)
I've carefully constructed that route to go around all the hilly parts of the city. :) I go a mile out of my way to the west just because it's nice and flat. Taking this class adds 16 miles per week on Thursdays to my commute, and some amount I haven't determined yet on Mondays and Wednesdays, since I'll be coming from work. Probably about an extra 7 or 8 miles per day. An extra 30 miles a week on the bike never hurt anyone. :)