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Old 06-16-06 | 11:30 AM
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
If Singing Hills Blvd is NOT Interstate 29 what is your (and apparantly your's alone) problem? Besides having an incessant busybody bee in your helmet?
Singing Hills is not I-29, there is a Singing Hills Blvd exit & entrance for I-29. This is part of the area I ride through when I commute home. In fact the trail crosses in front of the beginning of the entrance ramp on one side & the end of the exit ramp on the other side of I-29. Traffic turning from Singing Hills ontoto the entrance ramp does not pay attention to the trail traffic & the same goes for traffic turning from the exit ramp onto Singing Hills. Along this section of I-29, Singing Hills is north/south bound, the interstate is east/west bound.

I am not the only in this community that feels this way about riding on the paths in the busy commercial areas of town.

There is only 1 area where doing so is a good idea but only because the path does not intersect with roadways that are terribly busy. It is called the Floyd Trail, it parallels Floyd Blvd, but it does so 2 blocks to the east of Floyd Blvd.

Another area where it is not a good idea to ride on the path is called the Lewis & Clark River Front Trail. It goes from Floyd Blvd to Riverside Park. In this order from north to south is I-29, Chris Larsen Road, the trail, then the Argosy Casino, Sgt Floyd Museum, Lews & Clark Interpritive Center, city park, marina, resteraunts, public boat launch, dance pavillion then the Missouri River. This area is called the Sioux City River Front. Chris Larsen road goes east/west from Floyd Blvd to Hamiton Blvd. This is the busiest section of the trail with pedestrian traffic & with motorists entering or exiting the driveways to the public areas or businesses. From Hamilton Blvd to Riverside Park the only roadway is I-29 so cyclists have to ride on the trail or use the city streets to the north of the interstate to get to the west side of town.
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