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Separating Bikes and Peds on the Trail

Here's a good idea from the Swamp Rabbit Trail in Greenville, SC that I saw a few months ago. The aim is to encourage separation of cyclists and pedestrians on multi-use trails. Part of the trail's width is a four-foot wide rubberized surface that's very pleasant to walk or run on - a bit like the indoor running tracks in the bigger gyms.

Never seen this before. I wonder how well the arrangement works? Perhaps the Park District could experiment with ADDING this (as opposed to replacing some of the width)  to a stretch of the LFP. Stranger things have happened....

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on February 11, 2012 at 10:34pm

People will walk on the rubber, and the dogs will be on the leash over on the asphalt.

Permalink Reply by Ash L. on February 11, 2012 at 11:11pm

Separation will already be happening. It was announced at the spring 2011 MBAC meeting that the section of lake front path from Hollywood to Foster would have cyclist commuter pavement added adjacent to lake shore drive. A similar length will be chosen on the south side LFP and should be constructed around the same time. They'll then conduct a study to assess its use and create a tiered plan to expand a separate cyclist commuter route in all areas that are wide enough. 

The multi use path will stay be available for cyclists as it is now, there'll just also be a "faster" option if it isn't taken over by joggers and meandering types. The argument for putting it so close to LSD was that it would be less scenic for recreation.

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on February 13, 2012 at 8:36am

Do you know if there's an official announcement of that online anywhere, Ash?

Permalink Reply by Ash L. on February 13, 2012 at 9:17am
Permalink Reply by Elizabeth on February 13, 2012 at 9:22am

Thanks!

Permalink Reply by Jordan Koss (#440) on May 26, 2012 at 8:54am
It's not a multi-use path, but at the new 31st Street marina, the "temporary" section of the Lakefront path by-passing the construction has become a bicycle only path; the mostly original part of the path will be for pedestrians and joggers. There was new paint on the "temporary" path and new bicycle only signs there that I saw on my commute home Friday.

Does anyone know when the marina is supposed to open?

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