Originally Posted by
benajah
There seems to be a lack of understanding around the difference between a bike path and an MUP, and who has preference on each.
Then let me clear it up. Back in the 70s, they began building bike paths (mostly to get cyclist off the roads). Then in the late 80s and early 90s, joggers decided they liked running on bike paths and so politicians began calling them MUPs. Then in the late 90s, many started saying cyclist did not belong on MUPs. In the early 2010s, with some serious collisions from pedestrians walking in front of cyclist and getting themsleves hurt, politicians began putting up 10 mph speed limit signs; and soon after these paths became known as "Off Road Sidewalks".