Looking for a Bike route
07-09-20, 02:36 PM
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Looking for a Bike route
Hi all looking for a bike commuting route from Jersey City to Port St in Newark. I have googled this and have came up with almost the identical route. That would be Rt 1&9 towards Newark to Doremus Ave then bicycle along Doremus Ave to Port St. Pretty straight forward huh? However this is a major truck route and I have to be honest I’m nervous as hell. Does anyone else bike this route? I work in Port Newark and this is probably the most straight forward way to go. Does anyone else travel this way. I appreciate any and all feedback. Thx
07-09-20, 03:01 PM
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I have no knowledge of the area, but try this mapping site and see if there are alts: https://cycle.travel
07-10-20, 01:58 PM
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When I go to google maps and type in Jersey City to Port Street and choose "bike", I get the route you described. When I reverse the route Google shows alternate routes.
The alternate through Harrison is only a half mile longer and keeps you off of Doremus as long as possible. The street view of Doremus looks menacing.
I know you only asked about the route, but I would suggest three things (If you don;t already use them) to make riding on those truck-heavy streets a little less un-nerving.
1) A helmet or glasses mount mirror. They can take a little getting used to but you will see traffic coming up behind you as easily as you do using the mirrors in a car. If a wide load is coming up behind you, you can pull all the way over to the right and even stop if you need to. I have a couple of streets with no shoulders I do this on.
2) Flashers! on the bike and on your helmet...bright daytime flashers so THEY CAN SEE YOU>
3) An Airzound Airhorn. I've been using them for 20 years. You pump it up with your bike pump (a floor pump works best).
It's been a while, but I have been to the Newark Airport area a few times over the years and there is some formidable traffic on those streets. As I began looking at the street views I recognized some of the Turnpike stretches. I grew up riding and driving in Chicago, and Newark is crazy!
Good luck, and let us know what route you dchoose.
The alternate through Harrison is only a half mile longer and keeps you off of Doremus as long as possible. The street view of Doremus looks menacing.
I know you only asked about the route, but I would suggest three things (If you don;t already use them) to make riding on those truck-heavy streets a little less un-nerving.
1) A helmet or glasses mount mirror. They can take a little getting used to but you will see traffic coming up behind you as easily as you do using the mirrors in a car. If a wide load is coming up behind you, you can pull all the way over to the right and even stop if you need to. I have a couple of streets with no shoulders I do this on.
2) Flashers! on the bike and on your helmet...bright daytime flashers so THEY CAN SEE YOU>
3) An Airzound Airhorn. I've been using them for 20 years. You pump it up with your bike pump (a floor pump works best).
It's been a while, but I have been to the Newark Airport area a few times over the years and there is some formidable traffic on those streets. As I began looking at the street views I recognized some of the Turnpike stretches. I grew up riding and driving in Chicago, and Newark is crazy!
Good luck, and let us know what route you dchoose.
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There appears to be an "ECG cycleway" bicycle route that will go from point to point....
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https://map.greenway.org/?loc=13,40....2514,-74.76166
The "greenway" seems to use surface streets in this area.
The "greenway" seems to use surface streets in this area.
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This may or may not help, but here are some routes from Jersey City to Newark on Ride With GPS; you might be able to refine the results.
