Biking Moms of Redwood City

Planning routes can be challenging when you're concerned about the best way to go towing a trailer. If you want to plan your own routes, try the streets early on a weekend or holiday morning when you won't have to worry about too much traffic. Or, get some help from Biking Moms and Bikely, a great resource where cyclists help each other out.

So far I've only created a couple routes on Bikely, one of which is for getting to Whole Foods. This can be tricky because Jefferson can be a barrier for cyclists and because of some dead-end streets. (The other is just a mile long but shows you how to avoid the big hill at Alameda and McGarvey.)

Specifically, the way to deal with Jefferson is to take Hudson. There's a traffic signal there. Actually riding on Jefferson is not recommended -- even if you aren't towing a trailer -- because it's two lanes of fast traffic with no bike lane and parked cars on both sides.

Labels: Bikely, routes