Safest route to Jones Falls Expressway trail

[Dan]

Anyone have any suggestions for the safest route to the Jones falls expressway trail from JHH downtown campus. I have used E Madison and Orleans streets in the past.

[Graham Redgrave]

Hi, 

I would do N on Caroline, W on Eager, quick N on Eden then W on Chase all the way to to Fallsway, then N onto Guilford, and W on Lafayette all the way down to the Jones Falls. Usually felt safe to me, but I haven’t ridden in a while, so things might have changed… There are often kids and adults at the park in the dogleg of Eager->Eden, which made it feel less deserted…

Best,

Graham

On May 8, 2018, at 5:01 PM, Dan <daniela...@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions for the safest route to the Jones falls expressway trail from JHH downtown campus. I have used E Madison and Orleans streets in the past.

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[Paul Converse]

Another, longer way but possibly a little safer is to go south on Caroline and west on Fayette. I usually take the wide sidewalk at Aisquith Street, yielding to pedestrians past the post office. From there you can be on a bike lane on Fallsway and make your way west from Guilford to Falls Road via Lafayette. The advantage with this route is that there is less likelihood of hassles from kids out for the wrong kind of fun.

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 8:41 PM, Graham Redgrave <graham....@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi, 

I would do N on Caroline, W on Eager, quick N on Eden then W on Chase all the way to to Fallsway, then N onto Guilford, and W on Lafayette all the way down to the Jones Falls. Usually felt safe to me, but I haven’t ridden in a while, so things might have changed… There are often kids and adults at the park in the dogleg of Eager->Eden, which made it feel less deserted…

Best,

Graham

On May 8, 2018, at 5:01 PM, Dan <daniela...@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone have any suggestions for the safest route to the Jones falls expressway trail from JHH downtown campus. I have used E Madison and Orleans streets in the past.

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[Max Romano]

And I always just plow W down Madison to N on Greenmount to W on Preston to N on Guilford, but I’ll be the first to admit that Madison sucks. I guess I just hate hills and detours!

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[Dan]

Thanks all! Yea, unfortunately I have run into kids out for the wrong kind of fun. I'll definitely give these routes a try.