Originally Posted by
margoC
So I sometimes ride on the sidewalk. There are several long sidewalks near me that rarely have pedestrians, they may as well be bike paths.
Same here. Likely moving to Greenville, SC. The area we can afford is a lot of unconnected cul-de-sacs exiting onto very busy highways. No possibility of quiet back streets a lot of the 10 mile route from our location to Downtown. After careful study with Google Earth and a two week recon trip to Greenville I have determined that I will be riding some sidewalks. Same technique as you. Yield to everybody, if I ever see anybody because nobody walks there from my observations. A few migrant workers cycling on sidewalks is all I've seen until getting close to Downtown where there are paths and bike lanes. Cheers!