I would love to read what are the best tricks you learned in your commuting experience.
I would like to propose a format, where we use one comment for each single trick/suggestion, so if you have multiple tricks, post multiple comments. This would allow upvotes to create a ranking of best suggestions
I will start with a couple of tricks from my experience.
Follow the safest route, not the fastest route.
I find it easy to get distracted thinking about the day. On a bike, that can be deadly. So I opt for slower routes that avoid dangerous intersections, etc.