Originally Posted by
zonatandem
A bicycle is a vehicle and belongs on the road.
A MUP is for little kidz on bikes, joggers, rollerbladers, walkers, etc.
Nonsense.
Now, concerning joggers in "bike lanes," they often are
not in "bike lanes," but are on "multi-use paths": pathways designed to be occupied by non-motorized vehicles, as well as by pedestrians looking to do more than just "stroll." There's nothing wrong with joggers' and skaters' sharing a road with bicyclists, and if the road is too congested, the answer isn't to whine about non-bikers, but to see if additional paths can be created. Why do bicyclists like "greenways" more than they do car-occupied streets? "Lack of cars, stupid!" Well, joggers often prefer M.U.P.s to sidewalks sometimes because the latter can be littered with an assortment of occupants, many of whom might be obstacles to them.
As for joggers' "getting in the way" of bicyclists (even if it's in a "bike lane," rather than on an M.U.P.), the reverse, too, can be claimed. Bike-lanes are painted onto streets to give bikers "peace of mind," in my opinion, and joggers should have the right to use them and profit from that same mindset. I think mutual respect — not a sense of entitlement from either party — is what can help roads to be most efficiently used.