We were told when the bike ordinance passed I believe in March(?) that the city needed time to 1) educate the public on rec trail usage AND 2) put up signage, specifically speed signage.
They have done little of both.
The city has it’s own sign department in public works, at least they did a few years back. So making the required signage would only take a few days and installation maybe a couple of weeks.
Now I am NOT asking for a MPH sign every 10 feet, but at mile markers would be nice, which would come to about 30-40 speed signs on the rec trail.
I would also like to see info graphics at the trailheads.
Besides the fact that city employee responses have been anything but stellar on various other things, I think the missing MPH signs has more to do with POLITICAL motivation. I think some peeps in the acoustic bike community maybe didn’t show up to the lead up meetings because they have a backdoor to city hall, or at least some on the parks board and parks department management and I think they strongly encouraged them to NOT have MPH signage (because the Lance Armstrong wannabes of the world in their colorful costumes exceed 15 MPH most of the time).
After June 1st when the new ordinance went into effect (the only change was permitting E-2’s) I have seen every electric device imaginable on the trail. I think if the acoustic bike community doesn’t want to have the MPH signs (not sure if they are behind it, but I am speculating) then we should just allow everything on the trail. Why not make it a free for all? If the ‘A’ riders don’t want to follow the same rules as the ‘E’ riders why should we follow those rules?
All you are doing is setting a bad precedent for less experienced riders who are trying out an E-Bike for the first time. You are basically saying you can go as fast as you want, so why can’t we?
Stop pouting and enjoy the ride, safely, and take off the frickin’ clown suit, you look ridiculous.