I posted an article about this same path as featured in the news less than three months ago:
http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread...&highlight=MUP
This beautiful 2-mile long coastal path, a former railroad, is heavily used by pedestrians, surreys, bikes, etc. traveling between adjoining tourist towns. The problem is that the southern half in Monterey is a relatively wide concrete MUP but northern half in Pacific Grove changes to a narrow, unpaved pedestrian path next to an equally narrow "Bikes Only" paved path with no physical separation whatsoever. I never bike through these sections midday expecting to go fast. At the problematic Pacific Grove end, at least there is an adjoining city street for speedier travel (though no marked bike lane). Otherwise, I expect to slow down and share for a few minutes.