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Path: ...!news.mixmin.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Rolf Mantel <news@hartig-mantel.de> Newsgroups: rec.bicycles.tech Subject: Re: New Bike Path Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:10:13 +0200 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: <v6oskl$2frbh$1@dont-email.me> References: <mils8jties8nmln4sitgs3dfn2si5kv856@4ax.com> <mEDjO.28498$3qya.4354@fx05.ams4> <rf5u8jh4g619da9c5s4nlbsbkdhphv42qc@4ax.com> <5UPjO.27230$zXH9.13695@fx01.ams4> <etjv8jlj9nngkc8c198gf89np71i55sc2m@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2024 17:10:14 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="0a31afeabaaa530b5910efadcbaf6d89"; logging-data="2616689"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Vv/XXdZUVxLaPg2rsgjda" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:De8YWURii/nrijS7nPfZiVUgkEg= In-Reply-To: <etjv8jlj9nngkc8c198gf89np71i55sc2m@4ax.com> Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 2772 Am 11.07.2024 um 14:35 schrieb Catrike Ryder: > On Thu, 11 Jul 2024 12:05:21 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> > wrote: > >> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote: >>> On Wed, 10 Jul 2024 22:09:22 GMT, Roger Merriman <roger@sarlet.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Catrike Ryder <Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote: >>>>> The last segment of the Good Neighbor Trail (18 miles) though >>>>> Brooksville and on to Spring Hill along state hwy 50 has been >>>>> completed. >>>>> >>>> Is it well used? >>> >>> It just opened. >> >> True though some places have obvious demand or are being used already by >> some folks already London Embankment was one such example. >>> >>> In my experience though my commute is down similar if much >>>> older, cycleways next to big roads that tend to be bypasses and so tend not >>>> to be the shortest distance tend to be lightly used, ie have multiple old >>>> cycle ways alongside big major roads. >>> >>> The Suncoast trail where I most often ride get's lots of use. >> >> Is that parallel to a highway? Or more in the woods? > > It's parallel to a limited access highway of the same name, but it's > totally separated from vehicular traffic by cyclone fense and also > most places 30 or more feet of grass. Parallel and separated to a "limited access highway" is safe for a bi-directional bike facility. Parallel to a highway with with property access every 50 yards is extremely dangerous for a bi-directional bike facility (especially when having to cross popular driveways for car parks or drive-in restaurants).