I would hardly call this a problem...
I guess it depends on whether your are using the MUP to simply get from point A to point B or whether you are out for a recreational ride. I go 10-30 miles out of my way on the way home from work each night because of the beautiful MUPs in my area. I def wouldn't do that if my local MUP shadowed a highway.
Just like cyclists have a right to be in the road roller bladers, joggers, dog walkers etc. have a right to use the MUP. It is designed for everyone. Share the road, share the MUP
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Originally Posted by
beerfilter
I think the problem with MUPs in some cities is that the planners think it is a good idea to locate them in scenic areas, around parks, along rivers, and other enticing places that make the MUPs into recreational destinations.
Where I live the MUPs go through industrial parks, warehouse districts and along utterly shadeless marginal areas along highways and water diversion channels. In some places they go through neighborhood alleys and here you see the occasional dogwalker or fitness walker, but they are mainly used by commuter and fitness cyclists (and homeless guys and little gangbanger wannabes. Ah, there's the rub).