Multiuse trail rules: Left or Right side walking? - Page 2 - Cycling Mob: Road Cycling, Mountain Biking and More

10-06-2003, 11:24 AM

On Sun, 05 Oct 2003 18:13:12 -0400, kab
<[Only registered and activated users can see links. ].invalid> wrote:
>Many multiuse trails do not specify rules. Those that do sometimes say
>for all traffic to move on the right side. For dog walkers at least,
>this is a potential hazard. And bike riders have to deal with
>pedestrians not looking at oncoming traffic.
>
>Is this sensible or am I tilting at windmills?

It is very sensible, IME. Here in RI, all our MUPs specify walk on
left, bike on right, and some of the users actually follow the rule.
They seem to be the most safe and comfortable walkers; and I
find it much easier to deal with them when I'm on a bicycle.

In short, my experience says it works.
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Rick Onanian

10-07-2003, 04:55 PM

In rec.bicycles.misc Rick Onanian <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:

> It is very sensible, IME. Here in RI, all our MUPs specify walk on
> left, bike on right, and some of the users actually follow the rule.
> They seem to be the most safe and comfortable walkers; and I
> find it much easier to deal with them when I'm on a bicycle.

It seems to me that either method works. The important thing is that
there is *one* method that people stick with. My problem is so often
people walking on both sides of the trail, randomly choosing a side,
switching sides without looking, etc.

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