10 Ways to Read the Road Like a Book & Feel Safer Biking in Your City

Abby Brockman
Nov 1 · 4 min read
The author in her bike commuting outfit and an unexplainable pose.

I don’t think people are scared of biking in the city because it feels dangerous.

After eight years of commuting year-round in Boston and Seattle, and just as many years of people expressing surprise that I bike in even blizzardy and rainy conditions, I’ve come to believe something deeper is doing on. Because people do dangerous things all the…

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