I've seen it on BF and heard it in person, hate for ALL Multi Use Paths (MUPs). But why hate ALL of them. I understand hating the poorly designed/executed 'sidepaths' that are nothing more then a glorified sidewalk with no thought put to the people using bikes.

Here are some examples of the MUPs in my area (Minneapolis):

Cedar Trail -


(BTW - this section of the Cedar trail is three separate trails: one for foot traffic, one for westbound bikes, and one for eastbound bikes)

Midtown Greenway -



Why would you hate these routes?