Arlington is not a place for cycling
For the second week in a row I have ridden my bike to Arlington to visit family. Last week I rode to Hope and Jesse's house off of Atlantic. This past Sunday I rode to Karen's parent's house off of Kernan. The first trip I went straight up Atlantic, and through the Regency. The area around Regency Mall is not the place to be on a bike. This past trip, instead of going all the way down Atlantic, I turned left on University, went down to Ft. Caroline, and came in the back way. University had nice shoulders to ride on after you cross the Arlington Expressway, and Ft. Caroline has a bike path that goes for a couple of miles. However, once off the bike path on Ft. Caroline, there is no shoulder. Once Ft. Caroline merges with Merrill, there is nasty construction and no where to hide. The same goes for McCormick and Kernan. I'll keep looking for safe roads in Arlington.
