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The fine folks at Google Maps have recently added a most expedient method of planning a bicycle route upon the Aetherwebs in some 150 cities, including Santa Rosa.

Note that dark green lines represent bike-only paths, pale green for marked bike lanes on roads, and dotted green lines show good biking alternatives.

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Not everyone is gleeful about the new service however. The New York Post wonders if there are bona fide “fatal flaws” in the suggested routes. Of course, there are two problems herein:

• The world is full of “fatal flaws”. I remember when America wasn’t a regrettable bastion of hand-wringing safety-mongers bent on plaguing every corner with rubber-baby-buggy-bumbers!
• This is New York we’re talking about. Objecting to danger in New Amsterdam is akin to wishing the pain of shattered teeth from steam dentistry!

We invite any intrepid biking adventurists to explore said Santa Rosa routes and report back. Best of luck!

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