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Anne FisherA pedestrian bridge swoops gracefully over the <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FoxRiver?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoxRiver</a> in Aurora, Illinois (in the far suburbs of Chicago) during the very early sunrise hours on 16 Feb 2025. <br> <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bridges?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bridges</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Bridge?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bridge</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/AuroraIllinois?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuroraIllinois</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Sunrises?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sunrises</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Walkways?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Walkways</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Rivers?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rivers</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Photography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Photography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Illinois?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Biking?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biking</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BicyclePaths?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BicyclePaths</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BikePaths?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikePaths</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/BikeTrails?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BikeTrails</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/Infrastructure?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FoxRiverValley?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FoxRiverValley</a>
Bytes Europe<p>1 in 4 people in the Netherlands cycle to work thanks to extra bike paths <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/745941/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/745941/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BicycleInfrastructureNetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicycleInfrastructureNetherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BicyclePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicyclePaths</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BicyclesNetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicyclesNetherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePaths</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikePathsNetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePathsNetherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CommutingBicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommutingBicycles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclePathsNetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclePathsNetherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cycling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclingNetherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingNetherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclingToWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingToWork</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DutchBicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DutchBicycles</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DutchBikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DutchBikePaths</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DutchCyclePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DutchCyclePaths</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DutchRoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DutchRoads</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Netherlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netherlands</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TR</span></a></p>
Cycling Europe<p><a href="https://www.cyclingeu.com/450300/newport-river-usk-cycle-ride-on-the-river-path/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cyclingeu.com/450300/newport-r</span><span class="invisible">iver-usk-cycle-ride-on-the-river-path/</span></a> newport, river Usk Cycle ride on the river path <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BicyclingUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicyclingUK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BicyclingUnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicyclingUnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePaths</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikeRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeRide</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikingUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikingUK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/BikingUnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikingUnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CycleRide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CycleRide</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Cycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cycling</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclingNewportUK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingNewportUK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclingUk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingUk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/CyclingUnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CyclingUnitedKingdom</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Gwent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gwent</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/newport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>newport</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/river" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>river</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RiverUsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiverUsk</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/SouthWales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthWales</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CityNewsMontreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CityNewsMontreal</span></a> on Nov 18, 2024</p><p>“Very stressful,” said a resident following the removal of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ParkingSpaces" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParkingSpaces</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/VillerayStMichelParcExtension" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VillerayStMichelParcExtension</span></a> area. A non-profit is taking legal action against the City of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Montreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Montreal</span></a> over its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePaths</span></a>. Johanie Bouffard reports.</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoalitionForDemocracyMontreal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoalitionForDemocracyMontreal</span></a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CDM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CDM</span></a>) is taking legal action against the City of Montreal to stop the implementation of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bike</span></a> paths that they say negatively impact communities.</p><p><a href="https://montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/18/non-profit-legal-action-montreal-bike-paths/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">montreal.citynews.ca/2024/11/1</span><span class="invisible">8/non-profit-legal-action-montreal-bike-paths/</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>In a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cleveland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cleveland</span></a> suburb, this old <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalPlant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoalPlant</span></a> will soon be replaced by a massive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFarm</span></a> </p><p>Inside Climate News<br>July 26, 2024</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CoalFired" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoalFired</span></a> power plant that started running more than a century ago is about to get a long-overdue retirement, and its electricity will be replaced by a solar farm and a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BatteryStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BatteryStorage</span></a> system on an existing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/brownfield" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brownfield</span></a>.</p><p>"The project in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PainesvilleOhio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PainesvilleOhio</span></a>, a suburb of Cleveland, is one of about two dozen clean energy and emissions-reduction initiatives across the country that are sharing $4.3 billion in funding announced on Monday by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BidenAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BidenAdministration</span></a>.</p><p>"It was a happy day for Doug Lewis, Painesville’s city manager. He and his colleagues have been considering how to close the city-owned power plant and replace it with a cleaner alternative. They also have wanted to redevelop the site of a long-shuttered <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chemical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chemical</span></a> factory near the shores of Lake Erie.</p><p>"The federal government will now pay about $80 million to install solar and batteries on the former factory land and to beautify the rest of the brownfield by planting a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/meadow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meadow</span></a> of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildflowers</span></a> and constructing a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BikeTrail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTrail</span></a>. The trail will provide a connection between Painesville and a regional trail that runs along the lake.</p><p>[...]</p><p>"The solar farm will have capacity of 35 megawatts and the battery storage system will have capacity of 10 megawatts. It will be capable of running for three hours at that level before recharging.</p><p>"The new construction will be on land that once was home to the Diamond Shamrock Corp. chemical plant, which operated there from 1912 to 1977 and occupied about 1,100 acres. The plant’s products included baking soda, chromium compounds, and hydrochloric and sulfuric acids.</p><p>"Since the site closed, the community and the federal government have gone through the slow and trying process of removing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/pollutants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pollutants</span></a> to make it site safe for redevelopment.</p><p>The current project can serve as a case study for many things, including regional cooperation. Painesville, in Lake County, worked with officials in neighboring Cuyahoga County and the Cleveland city government to file an application with the federal government that included <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a> projects for all of them."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/in-a-cleveland-suburb-this-old-coal-plant-will-soon-be-replaced-by-a-massive-solar-farm/ar-BB1qJ9eK" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-us/money/markets/in</span><span class="invisible">-a-cleveland-suburb-this-old-coal-plant-will-soon-be-replaced-by-a-massive-solar-farm/ar-BB1qJ9eK</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarFarms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarFarms</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewablesNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewablesNow</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RenewableEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenewableEnergy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LocalEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LocalEnergy</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNewNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNewNukes</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoNukes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NoNukes</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycles</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePaths</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenSpace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenSpace</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Reclamation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Reclamation</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarSundays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarSundays</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@anomnomnomaly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anomnomnomaly</span></a></span> <br>As an American, I tend to use a term more referencing the backside than the front side of a person for such people LOL, but yes... we have those here, too.</p><p>There are no legal speed limits on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikeTrails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTrails</span></a>, and I think that's part of the problem. Before <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a>, that was unnecessary. And simply banning non-manual <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikes</span></a> (usually just via trail rules, not legislated through laws) was enough.</p><p>But a lot of people have bought <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a> for the purpose of long rides, and those trail rules have just been repeatedly ignored.</p><p>Most <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ebikers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikers</span></a> ride safe, as a lot of them are older folks who want to slow down and enjoy the ride, anyway. But enough are...jerks...that it tends to make things unsafe.</p><p>This time of year near me, you also get more people who don't tend to ride trails often. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Chicago</span></a> has only a few weeks in Spring and a few weeks in Autumn (about now) where the weather is encouraging enough for everyone to come outside.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycles</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicyclists</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePaths</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@anomnomnomaly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anomnomnomaly</span></a></span> <br>Near me, the experienced <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/cyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyclists</span></a> tend to yell things like "Passing on you left!" when coming up behind each other and behind pedestrians. But with the proliferation of inexperienced <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bicyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bicyclists</span></a> due to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a>, and with their tendency to go so darn fast, I've been getting a lot more surprises from behind me.</p><p>It's especially dangerous for pedestrians with a <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dog</span></a> on a leash, some of whom have been (correctly, for roads) trained to stay to their human's LEFT on walks, or who were never trained to stay on one side of their human in the first place. With slower <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bikes</span></a> and fair warning yelled out, that didn't tend to be a problem before.</p><p>Squirrels can suddenly inspire attempts at chasing them, even by dogs on a leash, on either side of the trail. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Dogs</span></a> do unexpected things.</p><p>PLEASE yell out "Passing!" folks (or ring that bell). Don't just zip up from behind. </p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycles</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikeTrails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTrails</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePaths</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikeSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeSafety</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BicycleSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BicycleSafety</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RulesOfTheRoad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RulesOfTheRoad</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DogWalking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DogWalking</span></a></p>
AnneTheWriter<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@anomnomnomaly" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anomnomnomaly</span></a></span> <br>In America, pedestrians and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/bicyclists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bicyclists</span></a> both tend to (or at least should) keep to the right on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikePath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePath</span></a>, just like when they drive cars on the road.</p><p>I think it's confusing for some pedestrians, because they are supposed to be on the left on actual streets. (On roads with traffic and no cement sidewalks, pedestrians are supposed to walk against traffic on the side of the road, but there again... they don't always do that, either.)</p><p>With (faster) <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebikes</span></a> becoming popular and folks riding them on <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikeTrails" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikeTrails</span></a> (often against trail rules and invariably far faster than anyone else on the trail is going), it feels like potential collisions &amp; near-misses are getting to be more common.</p><p>(I ride on the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BikePaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BikePaths</span></a> in the far Chicago suburbs. Most of these were initially converted from old suburban railcar track lines. Much of it is long stretches with trees along both sides of the paths, or along the <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FoxRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoxRiver</span></a>.)</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Biking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biking</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycling</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Bicycles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicycles</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ebikes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ebikes</span></a></p><p><a href="https://ipp.org/about-the-trail/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ipp.org/about-the-trail/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>