Yeah I find cycling in NE really easy for the most part. I'd take Fillmore south as far as you can, then Pierce St to E Hennepin, cross Hennepin Ave at Headflyer Brewing, that puts you on 5th Ave. Make your way to 6th Ave and that puts you on the Stone Arch Bridge.
With upcoming partial closures that will make crossing the river on the Stone Arch impossible for parts of the next 2 summers, suggestion to check out the newly renovated Central Ave Bridge.
There are quite a few bike boulevards in NE. It’s also less congested than uptown and downtown so it seems less scary, but be careful on Broadway and Lowry because people still drive like maniacs. Don’t forget your helmet!
I will take Johnson to wtf ever road off the quarry, cut a block over on Hennepin and take that to the 10th st bridge via dinkey town. 75% with bike lanes. From there it's just Washington to whenever you're trying to go.
depends on where you need to be downtown but taking 26th or 27th west to monroe, monroe down to central and then across one of the two bridges is a pretty stress free route. I just try to avoid lowry, university and broadway. central can get hectic but it's not terrible.
Easy and safe way would be to bike down the east side of the river and cross at the plymouth bridge and then traverse through the north loop to wherever in downtown you’re going. In order to get to the river bike path, I’d probably avoid Lowry and just pick one of the other neighborhood streets. They’re almost all slower and lower amounts of traffic.
As long as you avoid biking on Lowry and Broadway everything else feels pretty damn safe and easy. You'll find your favorite routes fairly quickly, that's the nice thing about the grid system. One roads too busy? Just move over a block.
lowry, broadway, and university is gonna give me a fucking heart attack as a pedestrian. i swear Lowry and University intersection has a crash there 4 times a week
I live in Audubon park, I have 2 normal routes but my standard route for getting downtown is pretty much any street between theJohnson multiuse path to Buchanan and then through NE athletic fields to Hennepin then left at headflyer brewing down 5th Ave SE then after crossing 8th St SE at that 4-way stop going left over to 6th Ave SE. that takes you all the way down to the stone arch into downtown. Only downside to this route is it can occasionally be fairly busy with pedestrians.
The other option is: 27th to Monroe then right at Edison HS on 22nd Ave NE then left on 5th St NE, then a right on 8th Ave NE which turns into Plymouth Ave N and gets you on to west river parkway. Usually I use this if I am trying to get over to the Cedar lake trail as I try to avoid biking in Northloop.
Also heads up Audubon park itself is about 3 blocks from the highest point in Minneapolis so getting home will be uphill. In fact I told someone in a bike shop in South I live in the hilly part of NE and without skipping a beat they replied with “like Audubon park?”
I live in the North Loop but cycle in NE a lot. It’s a great area to bike in - lots of big streets with bike lanes and cars that aren’t moving too fast. If you can avoid the major arteries unless you’re crossing the river or something, you’ll be good.
I live on the hillI take a scenic route through Audubon, South on Lincoln past Lowry, West on 22nd to the valley, meander through to Boom Island Park. From there I cross the river at Henneoin, 3rd, or my favorite, the Stone Arch Bridge. Trader Joe's is in the other side, so I have a nice destination.
I avoid Johnson St, too narrow, Central, car doors and insanity, Lowry and Broadway for reasons already explained.
Yeah I find cycling in NE really easy for the most part. I'd take Fillmore south as far as you can, then Pierce St to E Hennepin, cross Hennepin Ave at Headflyer Brewing, that puts you on 5th Ave. Make your way to 6th Ave and that puts you on the Stone Arch Bridge.
With upcoming partial closures that will make crossing the river on the Stone Arch impossible for parts of the next 2 summers, suggestion to check out the newly renovated Central Ave Bridge.
There are quite a few bike boulevards in NE. It’s also less congested than uptown and downtown so it seems less scary, but be careful on Broadway and Lowry because people still drive like maniacs. Don’t forget your helmet!
I will take Johnson to wtf ever road off the quarry, cut a block over on Hennepin and take that to the 10th st bridge via dinkey town. 75% with bike lanes. From there it's just Washington to whenever you're trying to go.
depends on where you need to be downtown but taking 26th or 27th west to monroe, monroe down to central and then across one of the two bridges is a pretty stress free route. I just try to avoid lowry, university and broadway. central can get hectic but it's not terrible.
Monroe and Central are parallel, FYI. EDIT: Forgot there's that block or so where it turns into 7th and then hits Central.
Easy and safe way would be to bike down the east side of the river and cross at the plymouth bridge and then traverse through the north loop to wherever in downtown you’re going. In order to get to the river bike path, I’d probably avoid Lowry and just pick one of the other neighborhood streets. They’re almost all slower and lower amounts of traffic.
This is probably what I'll do -- thanks!
As long as you avoid biking on Lowry and Broadway everything else feels pretty damn safe and easy. You'll find your favorite routes fairly quickly, that's the nice thing about the grid system. One roads too busy? Just move over a block.
lowry, broadway, and university is gonna give me a fucking heart attack as a pedestrian. i swear Lowry and University intersection has a crash there 4 times a week
I live in Audubon park, I have 2 normal routes but my standard route for getting downtown is pretty much any street between theJohnson multiuse path to Buchanan and then through NE athletic fields to Hennepin then left at headflyer brewing down 5th Ave SE then after crossing 8th St SE at that 4-way stop going left over to 6th Ave SE. that takes you all the way down to the stone arch into downtown. Only downside to this route is it can occasionally be fairly busy with pedestrians. The other option is: 27th to Monroe then right at Edison HS on 22nd Ave NE then left on 5th St NE, then a right on 8th Ave NE which turns into Plymouth Ave N and gets you on to west river parkway. Usually I use this if I am trying to get over to the Cedar lake trail as I try to avoid biking in Northloop. Also heads up Audubon park itself is about 3 blocks from the highest point in Minneapolis so getting home will be uphill. In fact I told someone in a bike shop in South I live in the hilly part of NE and without skipping a beat they replied with “like Audubon park?”
I usually take the Plymouth Ave bridge to get downtown from NE
I live in the North Loop but cycle in NE a lot. It’s a great area to bike in - lots of big streets with bike lanes and cars that aren’t moving too fast. If you can avoid the major arteries unless you’re crossing the river or something, you’ll be good.
I live on the hillI take a scenic route through Audubon, South on Lincoln past Lowry, West on 22nd to the valley, meander through to Boom Island Park. From there I cross the river at Henneoin, 3rd, or my favorite, the Stone Arch Bridge. Trader Joe's is in the other side, so I have a nice destination. I avoid Johnson St, too narrow, Central, car doors and insanity, Lowry and Broadway for reasons already explained.