I live in Oak Hill also, in Granada Hills. Small world. What part of Mopac are you riding on? That's plain jane crazy. If I drive to work it's only 7 miles down Hwy 71 but my ride is 21ish miles because I avoid 71 like the plague.
I love S. Austin. It's good times but if you want to be car free you need to live and work in downtown. Very easy to get around. Love it there.
Originally Posted by
dougmc
Well, yes and no.
I live in SW Austin -- Oak Hill. My ride to work is 6 miles if I take Mopac. Which is fine, except for 0.6 miles where there is no frontage road and no shoulder on a bridge (that shakes!) where I have to take the lane from 65 mph cars -- not at all bike friendly. Or I can avoid this, but then my trip turns into a 12 mile one if I avoid all the ugly roads.
Any-who, I'm not so sure South Austin is any weirder than the rest of Austin
