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>> zooming by me and my infant in a stroller at speeds that are too dangerous to be on paths > To be clear: you and your infant are not sharing the path with t
by tivert 3y ago
>> zooming by me and my infant in a stroller at speeds that are too dangerous to be on paths
> To be clear: you and your infant are not sharing the path with this bike, right? It's on a bike path, you're on a pedestrian path. I don't understand what a "pedestrian bike path" is. If a car drives past the sidewalk at 25mph do you have a similar reaction? If not, why not?
In my experience in the US, it's not very common to have separate paths for bikers and pedestrians. In my area, they almost never occur together, and the only areas with separate paths for bikes and pedestrians are especially popular parks.
Colloquially, I understand "bike path" to mean an "asphalt sidewalk" (that may or may not parallel a road), and a "sidewalk" mean a sidewalk made out of concrete slabs that usually parallels a road. Bike paths are usually wider than sidewalks. Both are used by bikes and pedestrians, but in residential areas (at least), it's rude to ride a bike on the sidewalk unless you're a kid.