A Cycling Network Operating Centre or NOC

Today I looked at the Sports Tracker app and I noticed that all of my activities started from home, whether cycling, hiking, or walking. That’s because I spent this month cycling and walking from home. I didn’t use the car, or trains to get around.

I was thinking of this luxury when I was walking to the food shops this morning. Usually I would go by car, not because I am too lazy to walk four kilometres to the shops and back, but because recently the roads have been congested. People commuting to work all drive at the same time, so the entire road gets clogged up. That’s why I walked.

During the pandemic it was nice, because people had lost the freedom, and habit, of driving for everything, so roads were quiet, both in terms of traffic, but also in terms of noise pollution. It’s a shame that we didn’t preserve the habit of walking, cycling and hiking from home, rather than getting into the car to do activities.

This morning, when I looked at Sports Tracker, and my activities pattern I was happy with two things. The first is with the realisation that all of my activities started from home, but also that I had such a pattern, emanating from home, over the Jura, towards Morges and the region above, Les Rousses and more. If I had cycled with Geneva groups then the pattern would cover even more area.

And Finally

I enjoyed walking from home and hiking every day, for years, and now, this summer, I really enjoyed going for long rides from home, rather than taking the car, or catching a train. I love the convenience of being self-propelled.