Right now it's been too rainy and dark to make my part-bike portion commute practical.

But in fall, spring and summer, when I regularily incorporated bike commuting as part of my long, complicated work (via also commuter train, bike drop-off, then bus and walk to workplace from bus stop), on my way home from bike pickup point, my route has been deliberately plotted where 1/2 of it, is on bike paths that squiggle through some wooded parks (3 different parks), residential roads, 2 backalley laneways, past 3 different schools, 2 different skateboard park locations....and by the sea inland,..can go through a neighbourhood that is abit low...but I don't feel threatened on bike.

I am cutting through some funky artsy areas with cafes...which I do stop when we feel like it. It is getting into the downtown area which by the time I get home, traffic has died down drastically.

And throughout the trip, I see local mountains in different glimpses/directions at least half of the trip or more.

This commute is a great cure for any after-work stress. About 50 min. or less