Originally Posted by
chefisaac
For the past 4 years, I've commuted a lot to my work which is a 22 mile round trip. The ride is pretty nice and peaceful. But I've left that job and just starting to commute to my new job which is 36-38 miles round trip. The exercise and scenery are really nice and this commute bring me into a different town which is philly. I work in the heart of the city and enjoy the commute but one thing I've been doing is just slowing down at red lights and watching for incoming traffic. If there is traffic, I stop and out a leg down. If not, I slow down and roll through.
For the folks who commute in big cities, what do you do?
I used to ride through downtown Portland to and from work. Luckily most of downtown's N/S routes are set up with a "green wave." Most of the lights are timed at 14 mph or so. Typically I only stopped once or twice heading through. I dunno what I'd do if I had to ride through 11 miles of fully signaled grid if it didn't have a green wave.