And running dinner blocks downtown, the one-way staircase from 3rd to 10th stalls me more than car traffic around 6:15 pm. For other bike couriers, what detours flow — alley cuts, protected lanes, or hopping to the river path — and how do you handle lefts across two lanes without bleeding minutes or risking tickets?
The “one-way staircase from 3rd to 10th” kills me too — around 6:15 I bail to the river path at 4th, pop back at 9th, then slide in via the protected lane mid-block and usually save 2–3 minutes. For those two-lane lefts, I do a two-stage box turn with the LPI — slower than threading gaps, but no tickets and less . Do you have a clean jump-on for the river that doesn’t involve waiting forever at the ramp?