Originally Posted by
Looigi
My dream is that all motorists will admire, respect, and perhaps even envy me while I'm out riding.
Sorry buzzman, but I'm no fan of bike paths except in specific and very limited circumstances. I want to be able to ride on roads and not be restricted to riding on MUPs.
I recently did a charity ride for teh San Diego Bicycle coalition to raise funds for
bike paths. I think that many politicians, in the interest of trying to appease everybody, came up with the concept of the MUP. I take them, and sometimes prefer them. They are sometimes faster than cycling on the street. Pedestrians often have alternates, called sidewalks, they can use.
Originally Posted by
FBinNY
Trails are a nice amenity for those who prefer them, but are not, and never will be, an adequate substitute for roads. Even in places with an excellent network of bike side paths and trains cyclists still have to start and end their trips on roads.
I have a dream of a network of signal bypassing
bike paths like this.
http://goo.gl/maps/bJh4H