@LoneLocust I rented a bike while in Phoenix for a business trip about 10 years ago. Google sent me on "bike paths" that were dirt roads along aquaduct, with 6" deep tire ruts in them.
Then, biking after dark from dinner to hotel, the path along the aquaduct was blocked by a small crowd of people and a burning sofa.
I grew up on the Saint Cloud State campus (RIP Campus Lab School), so burning furniture is totally normal :) . But I turned around and rode the other way.
@NewNordicNormal The canals are very popular bike paths across Phoenix, and in the last few years, they’ve put a lot of effort into improving them. Most are paved now.
Weird thing though, because of right-of-access, the cities control one side of the canals and the Salt River Project controls the other.
It means in most places, only one bank is paved, and it sometimes switches between one side and the other.
@rscottjones Funny thing is, that interactive map isn’t even up to date. They’ve added bike lanes on Maryland west of 27th Ave in the last year or so, but not showing on the map.
@LoneLocust Yeah, I’m not sure how often they update it. I know they’ve added a few down here in Ahwatukee in the last couple years that are on it.
Really wish they would have just made all these sidewalks about 3x wider and made them all multi-purpose paths. It’s not like we need the landscaping edges anyway, and it could better accommmodate human-power and normal vehicle speeds. I wish the city would require that of new housing developments.
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