Are you kidding me ?  The only option is risking one's life riding in traffic or watching TV ? If a person lives where there is no trails--they hike in the woods and make new ones .  They catch a bus that takes them to a park.  We have over 100 parks in Anchorage with the Chugach park nearby containing thousands of acres . There is no reason to ride on our roads.  Bike trails were built to get bikes off the roads.  Taxpayers were sold the bonds to make them for this reason. The city even had a law on the books that said where ever a bike trail was close--bikes must use it and not the road.  years ago bikers quietly got that law removed.   I personally saw a guy on a bike get run over. The victim churning around under the truck was something that will live with me forever . I wouldn't wish that fate on my worst enemy.  That is why I urge bike riders to stay off the roads . If you had seen what I did---you'd feel the same way.