Paul Luton wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:
Hello Londonistanis,

I live in Finsbury Park, and am currently working in North Finchley.
I've been getting there by public transport so far, but now that the
weather is going a bit less jungle-like, i would like to start cycling.

Any thoughts on a route?

For travel in London I find that the TFL Journey Planner with mode set
to bike gives a route worth trying.
http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...T2?language=en
The journey times are less silly than you might expect given all the
variables.

Or you could try:
http://london.cyclestreets.net/

This gives you the options of finding a 'quiet' route or the fastest and
lets you chosse a cruising speed.

Jim

In article , (J.
Chisholm) wrote:

Paul Luton wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:
Hello Londonistanis,

I live in Finsbury Park, and am currently working in North Finchley.
I've been getting there by public transport so far, but now that the
weather is going a bit less jungle-like, i would like to start
cycling.

Any thoughts on a route?

For travel in London I find that the TFL Journey Planner with
mode set to bike gives a route worth trying.


http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...T2?language=en
The journey times are less silly than you might expect given all
the variables.

Or you could try:
http://london.cyclestreets.net/

This gives you the options of finding a 'quiet' route or the
fastest and lets you chosse a cruising speed.

I have to say that london.cyclestreets.net is very disappointing, Jim.
It's limited in terms of features compared to the TfL journey planner. To
send me through the Wandsworth one-way system when there is a perfect
cycle route avoiding it is pretty unpardonable. No ability to have via
points makes it pretty limited too.

--
Colin Rosenstiel

wrote:
In article , (J.
Chisholm) wrote:

Paul Luton wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:
Hello Londonistanis,

I live in Finsbury Park, and am currently working in North Finchley.
I've been getting there by public transport so far, but now that the
weather is going a bit less jungle-like, i would like to start
cycling.

Any thoughts on a route?
For travel in London I find that the TFL Journey Planner with
mode set to bike gives a route worth trying.


http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...T2?language=en
The journey times are less silly than you might expect given all
the variables.

Or you could try:
http://london.cyclestreets.net/

This gives you the options of finding a 'quiet' route or the
fastest and lets you chosse a cruising speed.

I have to say that london.cyclestreets.net is very disappointing, Jim.
It's limited in terms of features compared to the TfL journey planner. To
send me through the Wandsworth one-way system when there is a perfect
cycle route avoiding it is pretty unpardonable. No ability to have via
points makes it pretty limited too.

I accept, that it is only as good as the 'Open Street' data, and that to
get it to show the good short cuts, it needs local cyclists to add the data.
If you really want to force the trip 'via' a location why not plan iyt
as two trips?

I'm not sure how 'Walkit.com' got lots of the cut-throughs in London,
but it beat me plotting a walking route using an A-Z

Jim

In article , (J.
Chisholm) wrote:

wrote:
In article ,
(J. Chisholm) wrote:

Paul Luton wrote:
Tom Anderson wrote:
Hello Londonistanis,

I live in Finsbury Park, and am currently working in North
Finchley. I've been getting there by public transport so far, but
now that the weather is going a bit less jungle-like, i would like
to start cycling.

Any thoughts on a route?
For travel in London I find that the TFL Journey Planner with
mode set to bike gives a route worth trying.


http://journeyplanner.tfl.gov.uk/use...T2?language=en
The journey times are less silly than you might expect given all
the variables.

Or you could try:
http://london.cyclestreets.net/

This gives you the options of finding a 'quiet' route or the
fastest and lets you chosse a cruising speed.

I have to say that london.cyclestreets.net is very disappointing,
Jim. It's limited in terms of features compared to the TfL
journey planner. To send me through the Wandsworth one-way system
when there is a perfect cycle route avoiding it is pretty
unpardonable. No ability to have via points makes it pretty
limited too.

I accept, that it is only as good as the 'Open Street' data, and
that to get it to show the good short cuts, it needs local cyclists
to add the data.
If you really want to force the trip 'via' a location why not plan
iyt as two trips?

I'm not sure how 'Walkit.com' got lots of the cut-throughs in
London, but it beat me plotting a walking route using an A-Z

I would expect anything in competition with TfL's own to be as good.

--
Colin Rosenstiel