Originally Posted by
Digital_Cowboy
As far as I know, only IF there is NO sidewalk present. IF there is a sidewalk present then pedestrians belong there and NOT in the bike lane.
And how many joggers/runners/walkers do you think are silently or not cursing the cyclist for "ruining" their run/jog/walk simply for having been in their bike lane?
Chill out brah... all that anger will only give you wrinkles.
From Minnesota statues:
Subd. 5.Walk on left side of roadway. Pedestrians when walking or moving in a wheelchair along a roadway shall, when practicable, walk or move on the left side of the roadway or its shoulder giving way to oncoming traffic. Where sidewalks
are provided and are accessible and usable it shall be unlawful for any pedestrian to walk or move in a wheelchair along and upon an adjacent roadway.
Those three are the big ifs. I've walked on plenty of sidewalks that were neither much accessible or usable without using adjacent private land. I'd imagine a statue like this is could be liberally interpreted by joggers, much like the "as far right as practical" law is interpreted by VCers.