No they are not. They are public byways, similar to a sidewalk and kids as well as adults are on them. If you cycle, you can't go too fast. There are people pulling wagons, bikes, blades, skateboards, etc.
A bike, btw, takes up a lot less room than bladers do. It is clearly an accident and should never have made it to court. It sounds as if this lady was just going too fast for the path.
15mph on a bike down a bikepath is a recipe for disaster.
10 to 1, she's a bitchy liberal elitist who thinks only her kind of athletic body forms should have any rights to parks.....
there's a whole movement by some who think the National Parks should not cater to cars, or campers or people who can't backpack 20 miles in...which means most people...