Cutting down carbon emissions > Reducing transportation emissions > Walking, biking, and scooters > Planning your trip
Planning your ride takes the stress out of biking.
Lincoln has miles of trails and bike lanes throughout the city, and growing familiar with them allows you to take full advantage.
Benefits
Free
Once you have a bike and a helmet, riding doesn’t cost anything – beats having to fill up a gas tank.
Healthy
Not only does biking benefit the environment, it builds regular exercise into your daily routine.
Community
Slowing down and biking lets you take in the people and local businesses that make up the Lincoln community.
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Methods of planning your ride
There are a few different methods of planning your bike ride here in Lincoln. The simplest method is just using Google maps, and opting for the ‘bike’ option – Google does the work of finding routes with an optimal mix of streets, sidewalks, trails, and bike lanes.
Trail maps of the City of Lincoln are also available for free around the city, as well as online. See the link below for the City of Lincoln’s bike trails.
Other considerations
Planning your ride is about more than finding the right route. Be sure to consider aspects such as:
- How early you need to leave
- Lincoln has a city ordinance requiring front and back bike lights for those riding on the road between 1/2 hour after sunset, to 1/2 hour before sunrise (see more here)
- Where you’ll park your bike
- What the weather forecast is
- Whether you’ll have materials to carry back (such as groceries)
Answering the above questions is key to ensuring that cutting your carbon emissions through riding your bike is an enjoyable, low-stress method of transportation.
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