Beat the Bus #1
Botany North to Central Station
My first beat the bus path starts at the north eastern end of Botany (Pagewood) running on the shared path on the edge of Wentworth Avenue. Then this trail heads dead north along Dunning Avenue all the way to Green Square Station on decent enough roads. Gardeners Rd is tough to cross but after that is reasonable enough riding on streets with modest traffic. At Green Square its then wonderful George St cycleway all the way to Prince Alfred Park. Took me 30 minutes on the eBike cruising at 17.5km average speed. Its all flat.
This is covered in more detail in Ride 18 - Botany to Zetland
The bus takes 45 minutes. There is a bus train combo that can do it in 30 minutes if you time it perfectly. Driving is not an option as you have to pay to park. Here in Ride with GPS
Summary – BOTANY to CENTRAL STATION 30 mins by bike saving 15 minutes
Anyone can do this in any city, just study your maps, do a few practice rides on Sunday morning, get fit and ride some or all the way to work if you can find decent enough roads. If you can’t find a way, can you ride to a station or take your bike part of the way in a car. Give it a go.
Extra - here is a video of the ride from Zetland to Waterloo Metro. Takes 11 minutes. About the same time as walking to a super crowded Green Square station.
You can see the trail on our Sydney map here >>>
TO GET GOOD AT A RIDE Anyone can do this in any city, just study your maps, do a few practice rides on Sunday morning, get fit and ride some or all the way to work if you can find decent enough roads. If you can’t find a way, can you ride to a station or take your bike part of the way in a car. Give it a go.