Arg... don't know what thread to use...
Anyway, posted this over in the original thread... my take on it since I am everyone's favorite cyclist to pick on:
Honestly, I love the thing. It is nice fresh pavement, and it takes the spookiest part of my ride out, which is the bottom of 10th, all the way to Northmount Dr. And I don't have to worry about getting mowed down.
But honestly, the three times I have used it thus far, I haven't seen one other person using it. Albeit, it is late in the year. I would rather, for the motorists sake, go back to the old Commando cyclist way if nobody is going to use it. The sidewalk on the east side of 10th, is plenty wide enough to go up the hill pedaling, and you are only going at a jogging pace anyway when yo are climbing that hill (about 12kph). If the city just made that sidewalk an exception, like a few others in the city, I think that is a better solution, since everyone uses it going up the hill anyway. Going down on the other side, you can keep up with the traffic at 50 or 60 k, so that is a non issue.
Either way, I am not complaining since it is not on my drive route, and I only take that road when I cycle. But I can see how drivers would be annoyed with it. I think they will have to give it until into next summer to really determine the success/failure of it.
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