Commuting - Show us a map of your commute

Borrowing a great idea from the C&V forum...... Show us a map of your commute.

Here's mine. 11 miles one way from Fort Hunt, VA to Arlington, VA.

http://i1032.photobucket.com/albums/a401/mvclyde/commute2.jpg?t=1305550775

Is that mapquest?

what's the point?

That must be a beautiful ride. Very scenic. Mine is just full of 4-5 lane 35-45mph roads.

I agree with cyclist5 look at all the greenery on that map. Mine has NO greenery! LOL. I was going to put my map up until I realized isn't this telling people where you live?

what program or website is that?

I was going to put my map up until I realized isn't this telling people where you live?

You could always trim the first (and last) 1/2 mile or so to obfuscate your home and work addresses.

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I like to use this program for those asking which website it is
http://www.bikemap.net/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/vtec_teggy/misc/eff64f80.jpg


A mere 1.25 miles, almost no traffic, but I do see bears fairly often...that keeps you on your toes.

I envy some of you. My commute (http://ridewithgps.com/routes/416509) is 7-8 miles all urban, dirty, stinky, horrible pavement, lots of traffic. I see dead squirrels often...

I wanted to add that until I started commuting I had no idea that bunnies lived near the railroad tracks. I can see their point. Behind 8 ft fences and plenty of grass and hiding places. One day someone left a basket full of carrots for them.

You could always trim the first (and last) 1/2 mile or so to obfuscate your home and work addresses.

Or you could entirely make up a route, based on a location you would like to commute from :)

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Tuinstraat,+Binnenstad,+Amsterdam,+Noord-Holland,+Netherlands&daddr=Anne+Frank+house,Amsterdam,+Netherlands&hl=en&geocode=FY81HwMdK35KACnVWKG72gnGRzGS2CRnhJEr_g%3BFYwuHwMd4oVKACFwitkHdslFqim3X2onxQnGRzF9dNi9EVArfg&mra=pd&dirflg=b&sll=52.376077,4.88295&sspn=0.013885,0.040898&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=15

I agree with cyclist5 look at all the greenery on that map. Mine has NO greenery! LOL. I was going to put my map up until I realized isn't this telling people where you live?


You could always trim the first (and last) 1/2 mile or so to obfuscate your home and work addresses.

Keep in mind that anyone on the internet can view this thread.

Obfuscated my starting point, but this is basically it.

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/34423204

Taken my ride off. Lets just say its boring with no tree except near the RR where I get to see bunnies every morning. They are so cute. Cotton tails. I do get to see the sun rise though and its breath taking.

I'm going to stalk all of you now.

I'm going to stalk all of you now.

LOL Oh NO!!! I live in the park , come any time
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LOL Oh NO!!! I live in the park , come any time
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Ah...one of those homeless commuters, I see!

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Keep in mind that anyone on the internet can view this thread.

"They have the internet on computers now?" - Homer Simpson

You could always trim the first (and last) 1/2 mile or so to obfuscate your home and work addresses.

I did that, and I have nothing to show...

I did that, and I have nothing to show...

I envy your commute.

I envy your commute.

Well, I picked living arraignments with commute ease as a big factor.

Here's mine, less than 4 miles and totally flat. Sometimes I head east for a loop through a couple of parks and push up the hills.

http://www.bikeforums.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=202073&d=1305509030

Is that mapquest?

ride with gps (ridewithgps.com)

Right at about 10 miles. For a while I was taking highway frontage roads, because the traffic there is light and the route is direct, but I've started to prefer winding through the neighborhoods. This area was rural about 5-10 years ago, so bits of my commute are houses with acreage and horses. However, most of the nature has been razed to build mcmansions without improving on the narrow country one-lane roads.

Random note about my area: one of the towns on this map recently had a mayoral election. A grand total of 33 people voted in that election.

Here's mine.
About 14 miles one way, mostly rural and a lovely ride.....

http://img716.imageshack.us/img716/5937/commute.png

Route 1: My 15-20 min. 4kM ride into work (start and end points obfuscated).
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/2/4/3/266924/rout1-0.jpg?rev=0
Route 2: Taking the long way home. A scenic 8.7 kM ride along the False Creek Seawall.
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/2/4/3/266924/route2longwayhomejob1-0.jpg?rev=0
Route 3 to my part-time job 10.5kM
http://photoshare.shaw.ca/image/2/4/3/266924/route3ptjob2-0.jpg?rev=0

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From downtown next to the and up into the foothills.

This thread would be enhanced should commuters throw in some photos of your commute.

This thread would be enhanced should commuters throw in some photos of your commute.

Okay. Ask and you shall recieve. I didn't take a lot of pictures of people's houses, cause that's just kind of creepy, but there's dozens of old Acadian and plantation style homes on my route. It's quite beautiful.

Sunrise over Cajun Country.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228411_2004369104790_1110486501_32347010_301798_n.jpg

Sleepy country road.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228411_2004369224793_1110486501_32347012_1585057_n.jpg

BSNF Railway.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/228411_2004369184792_1110486501_32347011_5583493_n.jpg

Old Antebellum plantation home with magnolia and oak trees.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/228411_2004369304795_1110486501_32347014_4346912_n.jpg

Gravel road through some sugar cane fields. You can see a truck just passed from the dust cloud.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230299_2004371944861_1110486501_32347015_4771889_n.jpg

Nice neighborhood, through pines, majestic oaks, and cypress trees. This all used to be swamp 30 years ago.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230299_2004371984862_1110486501_32347016_1432193_n.jpg

Overlooking Bayou Lafourche through some cypress trees.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230299_2004372024863_1110486501_32347017_4875007_n.jpg

Thibodaux! My hometown.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230299_2004372064864_1110486501_32347018_6389451_n.jpg

Nicholls State University. Go Colonels!
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/230299_2004372104865_1110486501_32347019_5676010_n.jpg

Here's an old cemetary. Most of the cemetaries in this part of the state are above ground, the water table is just too high to bury people here. This is one of the oldest and largest, it's the size of an entire city block. Some of the tombs are hundreds of years old.
http://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/229032_2004375504950_1110486501_32347022_940215_n.jpg

its out of the way, but if you're from the area you know why i would avoid the main streets. to put it lightly no one in langley park knows how to drive. seeing someone trying to turn into a shopping center from the center lane is not a rare sight.
the sligo creek parkway is gorgeous but its so sketcho on the anacostia trail hahahahah.
here's a pamphlet for supplemental pictures / info: http://www.bh-ba.com/Portals/0/LA%20-%20Sligo%20Creek%20Trail.pdf

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y59/infectious_bandaid/thismaybeabanana.png

No map, just a Slide Show (http://www.flickr.com/photos/62952959@N04/sets/72157626733798530/show/)

Okay. Ask and you shall recieve. I didn't take a lot of pictures of people's houses, cause that's just kind of creepy, but there's dozens of old Acadian and plantation style homes on my route. It's quite beautiful.



Very nice !

This thread would be enhanced should commuters throw in some photos of your commute.

here's some pics from google maps street view


to work:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/vtec_teggy/alaska%20move/fe3ece93.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/vtec_teggy/alaska%20move/ef41f861.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/vtec_teggy/alaska%20move/8398ad6f.jpg

to home:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/vtec_teggy/alaska%20move/61caf872.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/vtec_teggy/alaska%20move/8ff10eb5.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v462/vtec_teggy/alaska%20move/4d935dee.jpg

Not much to look at on my commute. Here is a garmin connect from a recent commute (with a nice tailwind). I started this one after I was on the road home and stopped it before I got home, so its a good one to post.
http://bit.ly/iCOF4F

a few photos ...

starting at the flat

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over the Main river with a view of the skyline

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by the large Pedestrian Zone

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by a part of the old city wall

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by the police station

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over a long bridge
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the uni is still a construction zone

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here's some pics from google maps street view

Gorgeous!

Okay. Ask and you shall recieve. I didn't take a lot of pictures of people's houses, cause that's just kind of creepy, but there's dozens of old Acadian and plantation style homes on my route. It's quite beautiful.

I hate you!


here's some pics from google maps street view

And I hate you too!

I think I'll go now and cry for a bit...

Let me tell ya, I'll NEVER, EVER post my residence address, or my work address, publicly on the internet. :eek:
Let alone posting them BOTH in the SAME thread message on a forum :twitchy:

I hate you!
I think I'll go now and cry for a bit...

It's okay, Adam... just think about your next tour.


Let me tell ya, I'll NEVER, EVER post my residence address, or my work address, publicly on the internet. :eek:
Let alone posting them BOTH in the SAME thread message on a forum :twitchy:

You don't think companies and people already have all your information? LOL. People can find you if they want to. You're just fooling yourself. Embrace it! Come to the dark side.

Short commute :-)

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About a mile... not worth posting haha

dcrowell, we cross paths. I get plenty of hills going to Clifton.

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Here's my short route.

Thanks MVClyde. Nice site!202231202233

Here's mine:

Link to Google Maps (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Joke+Smit-Erf,+Stadspolders,+Dordrecht,+Zuid-Holland,+Nederland&daddr=51.8114487,4.6493657+to:51.8490022,4.6043035+to:51.8709333,4.568903+to:51.87841,4.5649+to:51.9 1368,4.52781+to:51.9578225,4.5174229+to:51.984339,4.547615+to:52.027991,4.5576745+to:52.0360881,4.53 74001+to:Zilverstraat,+Zoetermeer,+Nederland&hl=nl&geocode=FZ9eFgMd9wtIAClXDrrzVCjERzF5mLZ1TUv3GQ%3BFXiUFgMdlfFGAClDrxgN2y7ERzGTK2SnJ1pk6A%3BFSonFwMdj0 FGACnx7mXe2C3ERzFtJhYIhF26LQ%3BFdV8FwMdR7dFACnNhjw6dTLERzHEILmpHlsBHw%3BFQqaFwMdpKdFACn79QdZcDLERzGJ kzTHn9J_zw%3BFdAjGAMdwhZFACk3hmP-3zLERzGaKzniEuTHkw%3BFT7QGAMdLu5EAClLHy-96czFRzHh_hFsWkIuRw%3BFdM3GQMdH2RFAClbAIcOrs3FRzGkdNA5Pu7eqA%3BFVfiGQMdaotFACkF9AQ6es7FRzGssTD-VY01ZQ%3BFfgBGgMdODxFAClvb6Bpks7FRzEtsFVTUZXQEQ%3BFQEgGgMd-cFEACnfd3C5yc7FRzGxaBiY8-K7nQ&mra=dpe&mrsp=6&sz=15&via=1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9&dirflg=w&sll=51.958812,4.533319&sspn=0.021236,0.038581&ie=UTF8&ll=51.914203,4.652023&spn=0.34011,0.617294&z=11)

It's about 47km (or 29 miles, for metrically challenged). First part goes straight through town, just because it's faster than driving around the city. After that I cross the bridge into the next town, about 10 minutes, and after that it's a lot of green around me. Unfortunately about 30minutes alongside the highway...
Rotterdam is pretty urban as well, but after 15 minutes in Rotterdam I ride along a river upwards and another 5 minutes alongside a highway.
Best part is to ride alongside the river. Very enjoyable, nice view, nice speeds especially when riding along with other road cyclists. Life's good.

Let me tell ya, I'll NEVER, EVER post my residence address, or my work address, publicly on the internet. :eek:
Let alone posting them BOTH in the SAME thread message on a forum :twitchy:

I think most of us didn't actually post addresses, just a "general area" type thing.

Actually it's very easy to find my address & cell phone number, but I'm not going to tell you how. :)

Let me tell ya, I'll NEVER, EVER post my residence address, or my work address, publicly on the internet. :eek:
Let alone posting them BOTH in the SAME thread message on a forum :twitchy:
As far as I care, anybody can know in what street I work, and in what street I live. I'm the only cyclist in my street and in my company anyway...