Anonymous
Post 05/31/2026 06:56     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
I walk often on the trail with people who are elderly and/or disabled. People will yell โ€œon your leftโ€ when they are actually on your left, which is of course ridiculous. You need to slow down enough to announce your intention to pass and then when you see that they have processed and moved you pass. The expectation that you donโ€™t need to slow down to pass is bizarre.

Anonymous
Post 05/31/2026 05:08     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
I wish cyclists would quit using high beams or strobe lights. And threading the needle.
Anonymous
Post 05/31/2026 00:32     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:I walk and I also cycle on the CCT. When I walk, I hate the callouts, they always startle me and interrupt my meditative state. I walk in a straight line, on the right, and assume a biker could pass at any time. When I bike, I call out gently, just to be polite, but I also give the walkers space.
I hate the callouts too. I'm as far over as possible. I can hear the bike/s coming. I don't need them to yell at me.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 23:54     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
I bought a bike bell that looks like a little cowbell and rings steadily with movement. It's nice because people start hearing it faintly farther away and gradually gets louder as i get closer so they don't startle. And also I don't ever have to even think about ring timing or any of that.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 23:49     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:I hate living in a major city that allows e-bikes which go very fast and share space with pedestrians.

In fact, in NYC a man on an e-scooter crashed head on into a cyclist on a bridge recently and they both died because the illegal e-scooter was most likely going as fast as 50 mph.


I barely ride my bike anymore but if we had to pick cyclists or pedestrians on the mixed use trails, I'd choose cyclists every time. Pedestrians can safely walk on every sidewalk. Protected bike lanes are few and far between. We should promote cycling as a form of transit, and the mixed use trails are rarely used for pedestrian commutes.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 23:35     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
A bell should be mandatory for bicyclists to give warning. Most of the world except the united states does this. I bike, have and use a bell.
It works wonders for everyone's safety, including mine.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 17:38     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just stay in your lane. Go straight. If you need to veer or gesture wildly, check behind you first. Assume there's someone behind you


๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

This is the way.


Yes letโ€™s no one inconvenience the cyclist.


For the last 15 years, iโ€™ve been a walker, runner, occasional cyclist, and dog walker on the CCT. I generally find people walking in pairs or groups are the least situationally aware, especially if they have dogs. If they walk two or three abreast, then they often take over the entire lane and force others to move into the opposite lane to overtake them. Unfortunately, ever since Covid, usage has increased and people are not very good at sharing what is probably too little space for the sheer numbers.

A few times I walked with a friend and our dogs on the CCT but pretty quickly stopped. Itโ€™s too narrow given the heavy usage and itโ€™s too easy to get engrossed in a conversation and not pay enough attention to what the dogs are doing. I notice this all the time with others, especially when they let their leashed dogs cross the central line onto the next lane. Too easy for a dog to suddenly dart out if it sees a squirrel and accidentally take out a cyclist.


You expect to pass people without moving into the opposite lane when you are on a bicycle?
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 16:34     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just stay in your lane. Go straight. If you need to veer or gesture wildly, check behind you first. Assume there's someone behind you


๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

This is the way.


Yes letโ€™s no one inconvenience the cyclist.


For the last 15 years, iโ€™ve been a walker, runner, occasional cyclist, and dog walker on the CCT. I generally find people walking in pairs or groups are the least situationally aware, especially if they have dogs. If they walk two or three abreast, then they often take over the entire lane and force others to move into the opposite lane to overtake them. Unfortunately, ever since Covid, usage has increased and people are not very good at sharing what is probably too little space for the sheer numbers.

A few times I walked with a friend and our dogs on the CCT but pretty quickly stopped. Itโ€™s too narrow given the heavy usage and itโ€™s too easy to get engrossed in a conversation and not pay enough attention to what the dogs are doing. I notice this all the time with others, especially when they let their leashed dogs cross the central line onto the next lane. Too easy for a dog to suddenly dart out if it sees a squirrel and accidentally take out a cyclist.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 16:21     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Just stay in your lane. Go straight. If you need to veer or gesture wildly, check behind you first. Assume there's someone behind you


๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

This is the way.


Yes letโ€™s no one inconvenience the cyclist.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 10:44     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:Just stay in your lane. Go straight. If you need to veer or gesture wildly, check behind you first. Assume there's someone behind you


๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

This is the way.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 10:18     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:I commute 10 miles along the cct. I will give a heads up if people seem at risk of changing direction, but i pass about 200 people every day. If I had to shout out to all of them I would be hoarse. And half the time when I do call out it just freaks them out and they start jumping the wrong way. If people are just walking in a straight line there is no need to call out.


Where is this paradise where only half the people freak out and jump the wrong way?
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 10:07     Subject: Re:When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
I hate bicyclists.
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 09:18     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I commute 10 miles along the cct. I will give a heads up if people seem at risk of changing direction, but i pass about 200 people every day. If I had to shout out to all of them I would be hoarse. And half the time when I do call out it just freaks them out and they start jumping the wrong way. If people are just walking in a straight line there is no need to call out.


There is this thing called a โ€œbellโ€โ€ฆ


Are you trying to give this poor guy a severe case of biker's thumb?

Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 04:13     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
Anonymous wrote:I commute 10 miles along the cct. I will give a heads up if people seem at risk of changing direction, but i pass about 200 people every day. If I had to shout out to all of them I would be hoarse. And half the time when I do call out it just freaks them out and they start jumping the wrong way. If people are just walking in a straight line there is no need to call out.


There is this thing called a โ€œbellโ€โ€ฆ
Anonymous
Post 05/30/2026 01:40     Subject: When did cyclists on shared paths stop giving a heads up?
I hate living in a major city that allows e-bikes which go very fast and share space with pedestrians.

In fact, in NYC a man on an e-scooter crashed head on into a cyclist on a bridge recently and they both died because the illegal e-scooter was most likely going as fast as 50 mph.