Category: Cycling

  • Cycling and walking statistics

    Cycling and walking statistics

    Earlier, I wrote about the general experience of cycling in Waterloo in terms of infrastructure and in terms of interesting destinations. This time, moving to my next postdoc position in a different city, let’s look back at some statistics. When I first arrived in Waterloo in February 2023, I didn’t have a bike. February is…

  • Cycling around Waterloo

    Cycling around Waterloo

    Earlier, I wrote about the general experience of cycling in Waterloo, mostly in terms of infrastructure. The next question is then: where should you go, except for your workplace and grocery stores? Here are some suggestions, which are, of course, totally subjective. A natural destination for leisure bike trips are cafés. Along the spurline trail,…

  • Cycling in Waterloo

    Cycling in Waterloo

    When I first arrived in Waterloo, it took me a while to get a feeling for how cycling works here. Comparing to Germany, the infrastructure for cycling in Waterloo is not per se better or worse, but it works somewhat differently. The city of Waterloo provides an in-house cycling map. Alternatively, one can turn to…