In my job I help people figure out how to get around by bicycle. One of the things new bicycle commuters discover is that the best route for bicycling somewhere may not be the route that would use to drive to that location. Various agencies have created some pretty good bicycle maps and many of these maps are available online. A lot of these maps have color codes indicating road and trail conditions and arrowheads indicating where the hills are (a key bit of infomation when you are moving under your own power)
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I don't claim this is an exhaustive list of the area bicycle maps but below are links to several useful bike maps for this part of the world:
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Bellevue Bicycle Map:
http://www.onelesscarbellevue.org/sub/com_bikewalk.shtml
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Bellingham Bicycle Map:
http://www.cob.org/gis/maps/transportation.htm
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Burke-Gilman Trail Map
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/transportation/burkegilmantrailmaps.htm
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King County Bicycle Map:
http://www.metrokc.gov/kcdot/roads/bike/map.cfm
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Redmond Bicycling Guide:
http://www.redmond.gov/cityservices/citymaps.asp#Bicycling
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Seatac Airport to Downtown Seattle Map
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/transportation/seatacbikemap.htm
Written directions are here:
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/transportation/seatacbikewritten.htm
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Seattle Bike Maps:
http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/transportation/bikemaps.htm
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Snohomish County Bicycle Map:
http://www.commtrans.org/?mc=Ridingthebus&subcat=11&page=3
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Hey Kent -
ReplyDeleteYou may be interested in this "mashup" that attempts to overlay bike maps of W. WA. I believe it went public just yesterday.
http://research.microsoft.com/mapcruncher/Gallery/NWBike/
- Adam
Thanks Adam. That mashup is sweet. I'd been hoping that someone smarter than me would figure out a way to do this. Glad to see you guys in Redmond are putting those free sodas and brain cells to work on stuff like this.
ReplyDeleteKent
Suhweet list! This will come in very handy. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteSee you at the ride from Gasworks tonight?
Hi Tammy,
ReplyDeleteYep, I'll be at the Ride of Silence. With any luck we'll have a huge turnout.
Kent
I know Kent said that he knew he wasn't exhaustive, but as long as he's got Bellingham up there, I might as well mention that there's a very good map of Pierce County/Tacoma that is available for free. The last time I rode from Portland to Seattle, I used it to navigate to the Cape Disappointment ferry, and it steered me true.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately the Pierce County Map is undergoing revision and isn't available online right now. When it becomes available I'll add it to my list.
ReplyDeleteKent