Originally Posted by noisebeam
If a cyclist needs open space for continuous fast riding, then a multiuse path is not for them.
This is the very nub of the issue. Shared paths are totally inappropriate for cycling any faster than 20km/h. Conflicts like this on MUP's are nothing new, in fact, they've been known to turn quite violent on many of the paths around here, which is one of the reasons I avoid them.
If these things are going to work (and I'm yet to see any evidence of this), there need to be some ground rules laid down, and they need to be enforced. Paint a line down the middle of the path, ask the peds to stay on one side of that line, and put the emphasis on the passing cyclists to avoid them -- and give the police the power to remove anyone who doesn't comply from the path. Then they might serve some purpose.
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