I wanted to inquire/suggest a better route than the “safer” route that is brought up when you start at 315 SW Florida Street and end downtown. For some reason, the safer route on bycycle is very circuitous (sp) instead of just plunking them on the shared trail along the Willamette.

Thanks,

Steve

However, the route it gave me to my Post Office Box at the airport mail facility on Air Cargo Rd. boarders on suicide. The “Normal” routing sends me down Airport Way, which prohibits bikes west of I-205, then asks me to cross 4 lanes of freeway speed traffic where no crossing exists, before making an illegal crossing of the MAX Light Rail tracks.

The “Safer” route is even worse; it has me riding against traffic on Airport Way (traveling at freeway speeds), the wrong way going on an off-ramp, the wrong way on a one-way street in Cascade Station, and still has me making an illegal crossing of the MAX line in the middle of nowhere. At least it doesn’t ask me to cross 4 lanes of freeway speed traffic, but I’m not sure I’d call it “safer.”

While I was impressed with the routes I got for other destinations, this little snafu worries me, especially with all the new stores opening at Cascade Station alongside Ikea. Perhaps some fine-tuning of the Airport Way/Cascade Station areas is in order.

(one problem is that longitude=-122.578937, latitude=45.58332 shows an off-street path crossing Airport Way and MAX; this crossing does not exist, click “satellite” and you’ll see there’s nothing there but grass and traffic.)

I’m glad to see u guys have created this website. Maybe I’m not using the site right but it would be very helpful if I could enter a start and end address and get a list of bike routes (or roads) to get there (supplemented with the map). Kind of like the format of mapquest. It would be awesome! And easier for teens, like me, to use.

Thanks and please do consider.