Distance is fine. I often ride a few extra miles in the morning before getting to work. I've ridden in downtown traffic often in my youth and I hated it. Secondary roads are great. I've reduced my exposure to main arteries to less than 1km on my 25km ride.

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I don't have to deal with motor vehicle traffic. Pedestrian traffic, however, is a completely different matter... On a nice warm sunny day, the Humber portion of the trail that runs by all the apartment buildings is overflowing with joggers, families, dog walkers, recreational cyclists most of whom are blissfully oblivious to their surroundings. Sometimes I take Lake Shore and/or the Queensway for a bit just to avoid that stretch.[/QUOTE]

Yes, I had forgotten about that. Pedestrian traffic is much more frustrating to deal with. Traffic along Lake Shore is pretty fast, like 80+ sometimes. I don't have enough faith in drivers driving at those speeds. I'd tolerate the annoyance of the pedestrians before riding on Lake Shore.