I ride all over but I don’t typically need to commute during rush hour.

My advice is learn your routes. I’ve found most the streets I feel okay biking on over some trial and error.

I also when possible like to plan my route in advance if I’m going somewhere new. If I have the time I’ll even Google map it a bit and see if there’s a shoulder or make sure I’m not riding a highway of doom.

Legend Bicycle put this cool map of every street in the city with its bike-ability level. It’s from 2018 so Its likely missing some new bike lanes but still a good place to start. https://legendbicycle.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Layotheland-2018a.pdf

Have fun be safe.