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Originally Posted by mart44
Cycle paths are often less than ideal but where they are good, I also can't understand why cyclists don't use them. However, I have to admit I don't always use the sort of cycle lane where the footpath is divided into halves, one half for pedestrians and the other for cyclists.
Pedestrians always wander all over the half that is supposed to be for cyclists. I try to stay in the cycling half but it's often impossible to do so because of having to dodge walkers, joggers, prams etc. Some people do move aside but others seem quite obstructive. Faced with a shared pathway the roads often seems the lesser of two evils ...dangerous as they are for cyclists.
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I walked along the cycle/footpath that skirts Watford town centre this lunchtime, alongside the river Colne. Between Tescos and my office, the pedestrian and cyclist half swapped sides no less than three times. No wonder there's so much friction between people on foot and people on wheels. I suspect a lot of cycle paths, whether sharing a footpath or a main road, have been put in by Councils that are scared of missing some Government target or other rather than actually desiring to improve facilities for cyclists.