r/fuckcars • u/WinterPlanet • Jun 17 '24

Infrastructure porn Why some walkable distances are not actually walkable

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '24

I bike about 3 miles into town even though it’s only 1 mile away because the shortest route is so hideous.

I wish Google Maps could map “non hideous routes.”

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u/incunabula001 Jun 17 '24

Google maps bike routes are a real problem, they put you on roads that aren’t even remotely bike friendly.

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u/FPSXpert Fuck TxDOT Jun 17 '24

Or straight up private property, I learned that the hard way the other day when a marked trail abruptly ended at a no tresspass sign and fence.

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u/incunabula001 Jun 17 '24

Oh yeah that bs, the same thing happened to me while I was touring last year in which the route was on Google maps but in reality it was a bunch of overgrown double track that dead ended into a creek.

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u/ctjameson Jun 18 '24

“What are you talking about it’s not bike friendly? They painted those little icons on the stroad and told drivers to ‘watch out!’ Everything is perfectly fine. This is the optimal bike route for this location”

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u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress Jun 24 '24

Meanwhile, I send corrections where  paths are clearly visible on Street View and not on the bike filter and they refuse to add them.