Trails

[danbrotherston]

We've already had the discussion where we point out that complaining that the infra is insufficient for the users it is seeing is perfectly reasonable, and it's equally annoying for you to tell me that I shouldn't even be allowed to ask for better infra so that I can get places conveniently.

I am not complaining about you asking for more infrastructure. We are continuing to add more cycling infrastructure in the region and we want more. However, our MUTs are shared between pedestrians and cyclists and cyclists should not expect to be able to go 30 or 40 kmh along them and not expect to have to sometimes slow down for pedestrians. The trails are not racetracks, but I regularly see some cyclists treating them as such, weaving around pedestrians at high speed. This is dangerous. There are alternative routes if a cyclist wants to go that fast.

There absolutely are *not* alternate routes, at least not safe ones.

If you want to complain about cyclist behaviour, fine, I don't really care. But personally when I'm a pedestrian, I rarely have complaints about cyclists on trails, and I've never felt more than annoyed by them. Where as I am routinely endangered by drivers...occasionally even on trails!

But what bugs me is the idea that our trails are not transportation...they ARE transportation, and going places at a reasonable pace is not an unreasonable expectation. I think they trails should be improved so they meet the needs of *ALL* users.

And really I don't think 30km/h is an excessive speed for cycling on a trail.