Smart Growth Connecting urban centers to cities

Connecting urban centers to cities.  Minneapolis to Monticello, Mn. I can currently travel 46 miles on a commuter train to see my family. It still is a lot of work. However I was able to do this. I left at 9:30 and got there at 12:30.

I was dumped off at Big Lake in a corn field. Bringing a bike is the answer to that.

The link is the 46 miles that would take me all day to do. I can now do that in 50 minutes. 

* I divert myself even down town to do this. This adds another 60 mins. Then I need to bike another 5 miles. So 45 mins. Still much better than 240 mins and me cycling 40 miles.