Cycling Advocates
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from Vancouver B.C. to Madison, Wisconsin
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Picture of Vancouver, BC  |
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Date: 2006-09-05
Distance: 20 Kilometres
Cycling Time: 1.28 Hours
Average Speed: 15.94 kph
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Trip Distance since Leaving Vancouver
- 3,851 Kilometres |
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Thoughts
for the Day
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It was a warm morning with the sun radiating
down. And so it stayed until the full moon rose and guided us home after
the conference. Home, yes that is where the head rests.
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We met for lunch at sushi restaurant number
three on a second floor of a retail outlet overlooking an active State St.
The sushi was good. Supposedly, this is sushi restaurant number 1 in the
city. Later in the day we found another restaurant that serves sushi.
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State St. is a street that runs from the State
Legislative building to the University. It is a not so wide two lane street,
tree lined, with many restaurants among the retail stores. Today, I realized
that the street is closed to all traffic except transit, bicycles, and pedestrians.
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As there are not so many buses running down
the street, the roadway seems empty except for cyclists and there were many.
So, there is no centre line. Cyclists wander where they want, avoiding any
confrontation. Signalized intersections are only obeyed if there is oncoming
traffic.
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With plenty of street patios for munching on
food, with many benches for relaxing, State St. on a sunny, warm day as
it was today is a good place to sit down, hang out and absorb the ambiance.
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Cycling
Facilities
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Madison,
Wisconsin |
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Trip today was from the motel, along Broadway,
then a residential road to the Capital City State Trail to downtown and
the convention centre.
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Return trip was in the opposite direction
in the dark. The trail had a centre line in yellow which reflected in
light and helped in defining the trail.
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Some of the residential streets did not have
any effective street lightning.
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Cycling into Milwaukee |
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Cycling into Milwaukee really started in Dodgeville
some 200 kilometres to the west. From there, most of the trip was on bike
trails with occasional sections on roads. Many of these roads had a low
volume of motorized vehicle traffic. Some had paved shoulders. Others did
not. Some of the trails were interconnected. Others were not and required
some road cycling.
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Today, the trip included the Capital City State
Trail.
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Military
Ridge State Trail
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Capital
City State Trail
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Glacial
Drumlin State Trail
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New
Berlin (Greenfield) Recreational Trail
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Oak
Leaf Trail
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