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I currently commute by train _and_ bike, but this only lets me filter by one or another, unfortunately.

This seems to be a common problem with navigation systems in general. It's easy to get walking+transit directions, but nigh impossible to get bike+transit, even though all the buses and trains near me let me bring a bike onboard.

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Citymapper will do it. Haven't personally tried the results

Yeah the "mixed" navigation option sometimes provides it, but with many caveats:

- it never suggests bike+bus, only bike+train

- it will only ever try to put the biking on one end of the train ride, never both. I guess it assumes I'd be parking the bike at the station, not bringing it on board

- you can't actually "start" the navigation for some reason. It will just show the route overview

I have seen it schedule the bike at both ends. But it does seem like it assumes the bike is an 'option' like all the other forms of transport, which makes sense for bikes hired by the minute, but not if you're taking your own with you - you need all segments to be bike-friendly.

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