The Editor:
Over the last few years, Port Moody council has invested tens of thousands of dollars in providing bicycle paths around our municipality for the benefit of those who like to use an alternate mode of transport to cars and buses in a safe space.
In many instances, this also involves shared pathways with pedestrians, resulting in multiple routes; roads, paths and cycle paths being available to cyclists.
As a pedestrian, I am confined to using pedestrian paths, which are, in some instances, clearly designated as areas where cyclists must dismount.
Examples include the pier at Rocky Point, the sidewalk on Murray Street adjacent to the railway tracks, and some areas of the walkways around Rocky Point Park.
With all the money and effort spent on providing cyclists with a wide variety of pathways, why do some of them choose to continue to ride in areas such as those mentioned above, which are specifically for pedestrians?
On Thursday, July 11, I was almost run over by one such cyclist adjacent to the railway tracks on the north side of Murray Street, where there is signage that clearly asks cyclists to dismount and even provides for a cyclist-only route as an alternative.
As I walk around this area almost daily, I have witnessed this happening on a regular basis.
- Richard Smith, Port Moody
