I'd like to trace a route on a map & get its mileage
Is there an app / website / service (?) that allows me to trace a route on a map and then works out the distance for me? I'm not looking for a "directions" type thing where I put in origin and...
View ArticleEn danseuse jusqu'au sommet / Pedaler en grand braquet.
SoCal Cycling: What's the best way to continue through Palos Verdes from Torrance Beach? I'm bored with my standard ride from Santa Monica to Torrance Beach. I always end up just at the foot of that...
View ArticleRoad Painting Route Tips for Triathlon?
I have to paint route markings for the bicycle portion of a triathlon on the road. I have been left paint and the route, but have never been near a road race or triathlon, and don't want to screw it...
View ArticleWhat is the safest route to walk from downtown Chicago to Lincoln Park?
A Chicago-specific question: I would like to walk from the Sears Tower to the intersection of Sheffield and Armitage on a weekday evening, around 7pm. I'm a petite, young woman. What is the safest, not...
View ArticleNeed to create and share roadtrip route
Best online map tool for showing a route via multiple points? What I want seems very simple, but google, bing, yahoo, etc. have all failed me. I want to map out a roadtrip route to show people where we...
View ArticleNO. SLEEP. 'TIL CONNECTICUT.
Best Brooklyn, NY --> CT route tonight? Mrs. Zen and I are seeing Laurie Anderson at the Harvey Theater in Brooklyn tonight (yay!). Figuring we'll come down from CT via the Whitestone Bridge per...
View ArticleLooking for cycling north-shore aficionados
I'd like to take a group on bicycle from Cambridge MA to Salem MA. Route suggestions? I'm looking for any ideas/recommendations for what route to take to get from Cambridge MA to Salem MA on bicycle....
View ArticleDriving around Detroit, MI
I have business in the Bloomfield Hills suburb of Detroit in a couple of weeks. Google Maps gives me two routes from the airport car rental to my destination with roughly the same travel time and a...
View ArticleLeast-terrifying route from Washington, DC to Vancouver, BC?
Least-terrifying route from Washington, DC to Vancouver, BC? Cross-country driving pros: your insights, please. Moving to Canada! First we have to drive there, with a car and an SUV with a trailer and...
View ArticleShould I stay or should I go?
Is the drive on 95 to Georgetown in DC a thing to be feared? Any tips for a noob? Help! I am a really nervous driver when driving someplace new, especially in cities. I have the opportunity to meet a...
View ArticleDriving from CA to IA with a cat. Halp.
Help me plan my drive from Oakland, CA to Clinton, IA. Complication: cat. In October, I'll be driving from Oakland, CA to Clinton, IA in my Toyota Camry. I'll be doing it by myself - with my cat. This...
View ArticleSafest path to haul a trailer through the Rockies?
Looking for advice crossing the Rockies. Special snowflake details: We're coming up from Fort Collins, headed toward Washington State. The wrinkle here is that we've got a pickup truck towing a two ton...
View ArticleWanted: Bike Routes in New England that meet specific criteria.
Please suggest bike routes in New England that meet some specific criteria. We took our son on a section of the East Bay Bike Path near Providence for his first bike ride last week and he loved it. He...
View ArticleWhat to see on Route 66, traveling to Los Angeles?
Hivemind, what sights are they are to see and/or photograph along the way? What should we not miss? What is a must see? What is out there that's unique? Ghost towns? World's largest ant? My family and...
View ArticleVectoring from Cairo to Kinshasa.
I'd like to produce an offset-print-quality map, modeled after airline flight path maps, which graphically reproduces hundreds of point-to-point connections: in this specific case, between radio...
View ArticleEndgame tools for a cyclist trying to bike down every street in a city?
For the past year I've been trying to bike down every street in St Louis. In the beginning this was easy and wide-open and fun. The middle has been less so. Now, sitting at ≈65% completion [map:...
View ArticleBicycle riding around New Haven, CT
I'm going to be in New Haven, CT for the first time ever for a few days without a car soon. I would really like to line up at least two relatively easy bicycle rides that will end up at the seacoast...
View ArticleDriving in Appalachia (Eastern KY, WV), can you sanity check my route?
I'll be doing a bit of driving in Eastern Kentucky and into West Virginia. I've got the destinations, and have had Google cook up some routes, but I've seen routers make some pretty bad assumptions...
View ArticleBest bike rides in the San Francisco area... and apps to find more
I'm in San Francisco for the summer again, and looking for can't-miss bike rides as well as apps that will help me find more of them. Snowflakes inside. I'm in San Francisco for the summer and I'm...
View ArticleHelp me find this abandoned highway in Northeastern Massachusetts
Several years ago I read about an abandoned stretch of highway midway up the North Shore in Massachusetts, possibly in Danvers or Peabody. Google has turned up this page about an abandoned road in...
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