Originally Posted by jefferee

I'm also just across the Parkway from the south end of the Iron Horse. Eckert St. and the pedestrian bridge near Courtland are both pretty handy from where I live. I'll take Courtland southbound in the evening (well after rush hour) but not northbound in the morning--it's just too stressful to be enjoyable although I'm sure it would still be relatively safe.

I've actually been avoiding the Iron Horse almost entirely this summer--partly due to construction, partly just because I'm taking less direct routes to get a few more miles in. I'll start taking it again once the snow flies and I switch to the winter-beater bike.

Bike racks are almost everywhere at UW, but none of them are secured to the ground. I don't relish the thought of leaving my summer bike out there all day (it's a fairly nice CX bike), so I park it inside my lab where I can keep an eye on it (grad students have to get the occasional perk, right?)

This time of year a fair number of my colleagues bike. Many are close enough to walk when the weather turns nasty.