These days, most people commute suburb-to-suburb. As a result, many people can actually make a commute completely though residential neighborhoods. All those stops signs won't even slow you down a bit (since you'll carefully run them all), and there's virtually no traffic to worry about. Separate sub-developments often have streets which join together to enter an arterial road, but you can often find a "trick" to ride from one sub-development to the next via a sidewalk, park, power-line tract, drainage feature, etc. Only very rarely does a cyclist really need to use a high-volume, dangerous road.

- Warren