Originally Posted by
Medic Zero
I kind of hate to say it, but I agree. I miss working nights when on my ride in I was the only cyclist on the road, and on the way home my commute was the opposite direction of the other bike commuters. From where I live to where I work and go to school in Seattle I'm channeled by the terrain into a route half the cyclists on the north end of the city are taking, and I'm shooting to arrive at 0800.
In El Paso it's nice to have the streets to myself when I'm on my bike. I love seeing the occasional fellow commuter and feeling the "brotherhood". I don't think we'll ever be overcrowded with bike commuters here, and I have to admit part of me is happy about that. However, the other half of me sincerely wishes that a lot more people were bicycling here - perhaps with proper planning the bike traffic jams could be avoided.