Originally Posted by OriginalFerbie

I know this topic has been discussed to death in other threads, but since it has popped up here I'm curious to hear some thoughts on this stretch of road. I don't like to ride on the sidewalk, and stick to the road in my area, but this street I find the road to be terrifying. Speed limit is 50km/h, can be quite busy, and you can just FEEL the cars piling up behind you itching to pass. I generally try and avoid it completely, but sometimes I really do want to take this route as it's the quickest, most direct way to all the grocery stores.

How would you guys handle this stretch (screen shot below)? My sustainable top speed right now is around 22km/h, and a good headwind can slow me down (which is quite common on this road as that's north). There are no set bylaws against riding the sidewalk here, the only areas you can't legally ride the sidewalk is the main downtown core in my little town. There are zero bike lanes (I'm jealous of the infrastructure some of you have!) - maybe the policy makers just think "they have that sidewalk, that's all they need"?