In a couple of months or so, a new car bridge nearby will connect to
an existing paved trail that will almost take me to the front door of
my local tea shoppe except for crossing one busy intersection at their
nearby trail access. This bridge will also connect to an existing
segment of trail about a quater of mile from me. This round about way
of getting to the tea shoppe by trail is about 3 miles. The direct
route on city streets is about two miles. It almost isn't worth the
hassle with cars on my bike but I do it because I'm the only one so
far biking in for tea. The untethered bike outfront adds panache. I
will say my metro area municipalities got that one right. With any
new development even freeways they are required to put in trails which
eventually link up with further development which link up to
interconnecting trails. The unconnected trail at the end of my street
was put in a couple of years ago by an adjacent development.

Jim