>>1093190>>1093191>>1093192>>1093193>>1093194>>10931971. They want to prevent people with motorized vehicles of any type from using those paths -- and I've seen people doing it when they weren't prevented, so don't scoff.
2. They want to force cyclists to keep their speed down by putting barriers in their way that force them to come to an almost complete stop to navigate through it. I have no proof of this but it makes sense.
3. They want to prevent cyclists from just blasting off a trail and onto/across public roads, so they don't get killed. Don't scoff at this either because you know many cyclists do this.
4. This is not just in the UK, it's pretty much everywhere.
5. Paths sometimes stop because there just wasn't any money to extend it and/or no right-of-way and/or they only ever plan so much at one time and perhaps it'll be extended later.
6. Most paths are 'multi-use' because even if you SAY it's a 'bike path' people are going to walk/jog/run on it, walk their dog, and so on. So if you try to tell pedestrians who live in the area "Oh, that's for BIKES ONLY!" they'll complain and next time they'll either insist it's 'multi-use' or they'll vote against funds being used to build it in the first place.
Any other questions?
