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Old 07-27-18, 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by memebag
What are your MUPs like? A "busy MUP" around here is covered with little kids running back and forth across it. There are water fountains, benches, etc along the path. It isn't a road. It isn't built for high speed. It's a place people walk, meander, stop and talk, etc.
Good question. There are a couple that come to mind when people use the term, and they vary in character along their lengths.

One is the West Side Greenway. It is often used as sort of a cyclist's highway, but only parts of it are really suitable as such. Much of it is well marked, and some stretches are decidedly un-parklike maybe the occasional intrepid runner, but certainly no little kids, or anything for anyone to cross the path for on those parts. Sometimes, on those parts, you really want to be pushing 20mph or so, unless you want to get run over. However, many other parts, like you say, can be crawling with little kids, and the water fountains, benches, etc. are right there - all kinds of reasons for people to cross or randomly enter. I don't know of mishaps on account of speeding cyclists there, but they do create a hostile atmosphere at times.

The other is a paved rail trail up in Rockland County. There are a fair number of dog-walkers and such, but because much of it is very straight and open, you can often see opportunities for kicking it up a notch for a little bit when the coast is clear. There is a park with a playground where the trail goes through a town, but other than that, there are no park amenities - it's just a long paved path, and again, no reason anyone would ever be crossing or entering it in the middle.

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