Originally Posted by joejack951
Forester took issue with the blanket statement that sidepaths are safer for cyclists because they seperate bicycle traffic from motor traffic. A blanket statement like that implies that under any conditions, the sidepath is safer. He set out, albeit possibly not in the best manner, to prove that blanket statement false. You freely admit yourself that sidepaths are not safe above certain speeds, speed that many cyclists meet or exceed safely on the street.
Yes, I think that this was implicit in Brian's post.
Anecdotally thinking about the DC paths, I think that there are clearly some sections that are more dangerous than nearby roads and vice versa. This is assuming that I am traveling at my comfortable "lazy" speed of 13-17 mph. In reference to an earlier post, this is dependent on traffic.