You’re a responsible and reasonable person.
Let me pose a question. If you had a two-way, asphalt bike path that paralleled a narrow two lane road, which would you choose? I bet I know your answer.
I lived in the TC and a lot of cyclists choose to use the regular road and hold up traffic, despite the well-maintained, snow-cleared bike path. I know you don’t know the answer, but why would someone choose the road? It baffles me.
Because they can. Bike riding is not allowed on the sidewalk on the U campus unless it's posted. Doesn't seem to stop any number of two wheeled idiots who think they have the right of way over pedestrians. I'd love to have the cops start writing tickets, just to hear the self-righteous whining and lamentations of oppression.
“I lived in the TC and a lot of cyclists choose to use the regular road and hold up traffic, despite the well-maintained, snow-cleared bike path. I know you don’t know the answer, but why would someone choose the road? It baffles me.”
That’s pretty weird. The only thing I can imagine is that the bike path doesn’t go where they need to go. If it does, they should be banned from the streets and required to use the paths that are safe. After all, taxpayers bought them the dumb thing.
I’m afraid I’m stumped as to why anyone would choose a less-safe alternative.