Originally Posted by
52telecaster
So the mup that runs through my town goes almost nowhere i need to go, except today.
So where did you want to go to
today? (if I may ask)
From my perspective as a cycling commuter, MUPS are more like parks for meandering, than cycling thoroughfares to get to work, or other utilitarian locations.
I have previously posted (in full) this rant:
Originally Posted by
B. Carfree
…Some people, mostly people who are relatively new to cycling, think we should use the few dollars that can go towards improving conditions for cycling by building a few miles of separated infrastructure and place it mostly on urban roads (with the inevitable intersection failures).
Other, more experienced riders, think we would be better served by funding traffic law enforcement and putting in many more miles of proper, six to eight foot bike lanes (not in the door zone) and only putting in separate facilities where there are long stretches of high-speed road without appreciable numbers of intersections.
This difference of opinion wouldn't be such a big deal, but many of the segregationists have been making their public case by convincing everyone that cycling is too dangerous to be done anywhere except on a segregated facility.
Not surprisingly, this has an impact in terms of how many people are willing to even try riding a bike since there is no way to get anywhere in the US without riding on a road. Oddly enough, these people are called and consider themselves "bicycling advocates". If one were to design a fifth-column assault to keep cycling participation down, it would look just like the pro-separation folks.
Nonetheless I do use a MUP for a few miles on my commute, but not when it's dark, e.g. winter mornings.