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?Safe Routes to UNCC

Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 07/18/2005 - 20:04. Routes

I just to moved to Charlotte and have been looking for safe routes to my job a UNCC. I live off Mallard Creek Road and have discovered the greenway and have seen portions of bike lanes along Mallard Creek and Mallard Creek Church.

Although a majority of the route I drive along Mallard Creek Church look safe to bike there is about a mile / mile and a half stretch (just before and after crossing over I-85) that looks sketchy - there's not much of a shoulder, people don't seem to be used to cyclists on the road, etc.

Has anyone ridden this stretch? Can you offer advice? Are there alternate, quieter routes across 85 and on into UNCC I could use until the greenway is finished? and, by the way, when is the greenway supposed to be finished?

Thanks for your help,
Katie

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Mallard Creek Church Rd.

Submitted by mmurphy on Wed, 07/27/2005 - 08:15.

Katie- I've been trying to find a good bike route north from the UNCC campus for years, but I'm afraid there's no alternative to Mallard Creek Church Rd. at the present. That stretch between the church and I-85 with no shoulder plus the fast, heavy traffic make it tough for biking. But it is better than Harris Blvd. I think you will just have to wait for the Mallard Creek greenway to be extended to the campus, but I have no idea when that will be or if it will be paved or unpaved.
Mike Murphy

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Tough, not impossible

Submitted by BillC on Mon, 07/18/2005 - 21:22.

Welcome to Charlotte! You're not alone in confronting this issue. Earlier questions and answers are visible here. As you will see, it's a challenge, but not impossible.

Mike Murphy, a chemistry prof at UNCC, commutes from the Cotswold area (in town) to UNCC three times/week. You might want to look him up on campus or meet him and some of the rest of us at one of our monthly coffee hours or happy hours.

As for when the greenway or other bike routes will be complete, ask Ken "KT" Tippette, the City's Bicycle Program Manager (you might have heard him on WFAE this morning; contact info in the middle of this page). You can often find him, too, at our commuter get-togethers.

PS: send your email address to us at info@bikementor.org and you'll get commuter info updates and email reminders of our get-togethers every couple of weeks courtesy of Alan Hunt, one of our founders.

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