Trail Etiquette article

This short, concise article makes sense. It's worth reading.

http://www.activetrans.org/modeshift/03_05/trailetiquette

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Permalink Reply by Tim S on June 28, 2010 at 4:47am

I wish they would come up with something like that for the Charity Walkers.

Last year I was riding to Belmont Harbour at 8 AM on a Saturday from North Ave and encountered a river/wall of walkers that thought they were the bee's knee's because they were on a Charity Walk. I was sworn at, had stuff thrown at me, was told that I should take surface streets as it was their day and I should not be using the Bike Path, had a number actually move to block the entire path... seriously? Take your kicks and walk next to the path on the grass, softer on the underused ankles of the average walker.

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Permalink Reply by Rick norris on June 28, 2010 at 5:18am

Yeah...WALKERS!!! as big a pain in the @$$ as bicyclists are to cars on THEIR streets.

But really, I never understood walking/running on the hard paved surface if there is a packed gravel path next to it.

And while my biggest agravation is families and groups walking along and blocking the path I keep in my mind, at least they are taking their kids OUTSIDE and trying to do something positive with them. I haven't rode the lakefront yet this year, and I think I will be avoiding it, sound like it's getting more crowded...