Originally Posted by HelmetHead
Novices should start with quiet low traffic volume streets, build up their bicycle handling skills, and move up from there to traffic skills on gradually busier streets, one step at a time, just like anything else. The idea that you should be able to skip all that and still ride all the way across the city is a bad one.
This is the way to do it. Start simple and learn as you go. Except in most towns, you can drive most of the way across a city on lesser-traveled side streets.
Originally Posted by sbhikes
Why are they removing the green bike route signs? They can be valuable for people traveling through town to know the way to go. . . .
I agree, but it sounds like they are removing the
sidewalk bike routes, not all bike routes. I think that signed shared routes (posted "Bike Route" signs) are a big help. The best cycling route is not always obvious by looking at a map. The city can help novices by showing them less difficult routes to get around town.