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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On highly trafficked trails, I've started "taking the lane" as a pedestrian, and go more towards the center line. I'm fed up with ahole aggressive cyclists passing dangerously close when the trail is busy. The considerate cyclists will not care that I take the lane, and will wait and pass patiently. [/quote]

Taking the lane would mean walking in the center of the lane, not on the left towards the center line. Just as a cyclist taking the lane on a road should ride in the center of the lane, not on the left edge of the lane.

I do cross the center lane on trails when passing a pedestrian - but if you go TOWARDS the center line (not the center of your lane) you make even that dangerous. [/quote]

The trails aren't that wide, so center-left of the right lane, is basically "Taking the lane."

It's not dangerous for anyone, if you pass safely and slowly - ie, don't weave in between people traveling in both lanes. I've found that as a pedestrian, it's far more effective for me to walk center-left concerning deterring cyclists from passing poorly and dangerously. 
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Precisely because they are not that wide is why its better to walk in the center of the lane, not on the left side of it. If I pass and am in the center of the lane across the line, there is barely three feet between me and some close to the center line.   I am sorry some people thread the needle at speed on a narrow trail, but I don't think your approach is the best, and it certainly is not equivalent to what I do when taking a general travel lane on the road as a cyclist. [/quote]

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