<story><title>Pedestrian routing that offers pleasant alternatives to the shortest route</title><url>https://www.gislounge.com/finding-pleasant-routes-using-gis/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mumblemumble</author><text>&amp;gt; Furthermore, many routes chosen are often potentially not very pleasant for the cyclist&lt;p&gt;And how. I&amp;#x27;ve found that my preferred routes don&amp;#x27;t just differ from what Google Maps might suggest, they also tend to avoid all the places that my city thought might be a good place for a posted bike lane. The bike lanes are all on noisy, busy streets that aren&amp;#x27;t pleasant to ride on, and the bike lanes themselves are often full of delivery trucks and rideshare drivers.&lt;p&gt;I choose a bicycle as my primary mode of transportation specifically because I dislike all the noise and rush and stress that automobiles represent, facilitate and encourage. I&amp;#x27;ve already decided to take 5 minutes longer to get where I&amp;#x27;m going for the sake of having a more pleasant life, I can spare another 5 minutes in order to have an even more pleasant life. Worst case scenario, it still beats anything Peloton wants to sell me.</text></comment>
<story><title>Pedestrian routing that offers pleasant alternatives to the shortest route</title><url>https://www.gislounge.com/finding-pleasant-routes-using-gis/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>silasdb</author><text>That is what I do when I ride my bike to work.  I ride a path I optimized from the shortest route to the safest and most pleasant (and still short enough).  Good to see OSM can help us with that.  I wish more people used and supported OSM instead of Google Maps.</text></comment>