Originally Posted by Machka
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However, IF a city built a MUP (or prefereably a Bicycle Path that banned all other uses) that went straight from one end of the city to the other, bypassing traffic lights and all that sort of thing, and through the downtown so that downtown workers could use it ... I might actually use them. They'd be a quick way to get through a city and back onto the country roads where I like to ride.

That sounds rather like the Kanawha Blvd. path here in Charleston (WV, not SC).
We are talking (and I think it will go through) of converting an abandoned rail line into a MUP path. I've seen the plans and it will link South Charleston to both downtown Charleston, the State Capitol building, and Coonskin Park; it might go all the way to Clendenin, or even beyond.