Originally Posted by spinnaker

IMHO, unless you want a very nice view of the river (it is pretty back there and a great place for a lunch break), there is really no reason to use the path that starts behind Red Robin. The main street is just fine and avoids walkers, skaters and "Sunday" cyclists. I avoid the "sidewalk" section from the pump house to the start of the trail altogether. The sidewalk is way to narrow. The sidewalk really needs to be removed and a small section of roadway dedicated to the path. The street here is plenty wide enough to dedicate to the path without an impact on automobile traffic.
The transition from sidewalk to path shows gravel in the picture above but it has been recently paved with asphalt.