jesskill t1_ix460qm wrote on November 20, 2022 at 4:54 PM

I only commute in 1 - 2 times a week now, but I live in the Medfield area and bike down to to Penn station via Clipper Mill Road / Falls Road. The bike ride to Penn is about 15 minutes, although it's pretty dark on the ride back right now. Most bikers bring their bikes on the train so they can bike to their destination in DC. If you do that, you should always have bungee cords in case there's not enough space on the rack. Also the opportunity to take the light rail down, but post-Covid, light rail has been a bit unreliable, IMO.

If I have the car and the weather's bad, sometimes I'll drive to the West Baltimore Station as there's free parking there. Knock on wood, it's pretty safe too - usually a police car there in the evenings.

SuperBethesda OP t1_ix5z7x8 wrote on November 21, 2022 at 12:21 AM

Thanks for the tip. I wouldn’t ride in DC, because I don’t trust the drivers there. Not sure how it is in Baltimore

neutronicus t1_ix8ayyu wrote on November 21, 2022 at 2:57 PM

In general, not great.

However there is a two-way bike lane running north-south on Maryland Ave that can keep you out of traffic going from points north to Penn Station

jesskill t1_ix8dlod wrote on November 21, 2022 at 3:17 PM

I'm used to riding my bike in cities, so maybe I'm not the best person to say. I rode for 5 years in Toronto and 5 years from Silver Spring to downtown DC before moving to Bmore and found DC pretty safe for bikes. All that said, there are a few bike routes in Baltimore that are separated from the road, like the Maryland Ave (N/S) route.