I walk the portion of the Riverpark starting from the Chickamauga dam up to the main entrance off of Amnicola every morning, all seven days. Each morning I see people of every age walking/jogging; young, middle, elderly, people pushing strollers. The majority of the people walking/jogging stay on the right side of the trail. When there are two walking together they do walk side by side but one will move over when they see someone coming toward them. I also see many cyclists. The majority of the cyclists, about 99% of them, never, NEVER give any warning that they are coming up behind you. The majority of the bikes, you cannot hear coming until they are on top of you and speeding beside you (no, most do not adhere to the 3 - 5 mile speed posted for cyclists). I do not walk with an ipod and my hearing is good. It is dangerous the way that they do speed by, someone is going to be hurt one day. If the park rangers are interviewing cyclists then they need to interview us walker/joggers also as not one of the rangers have stopped me to see if the cyclists are a problem.
Thanks to those of you cyclists who do give warning with the ring of a bell or a polite 'passing on the left'. We walkers/joggers do appreciate the warnings and I always say a thank you to those who do let us know.
Banning bikes?
I walk the portion of the Riverpark starting from the Chickamauga dam up to the main entrance off of Amnicola every morning, all seven days. Each morning I see people of every age walking/jogging; young, middle, elderly, people pushing strollers. The majority of the people walking/jogging stay on the right side of the trail. When there are two walking together they do walk side by side but one will move over when they see someone coming toward them. I also see many cyclists. The majority of the cyclists, about 99% of them, never, NEVER give any warning that they are coming up behind you. The majority of the bikes, you cannot hear coming until they are on top of you and speeding beside you (no, most do not adhere to the 3 - 5 mile speed posted for cyclists). I do not walk with an ipod and my hearing is good. It is dangerous the way that they do speed by, someone is going to be hurt one day. If the park rangers are interviewing cyclists then they need to interview us walker/joggers also as not one of the rangers have stopped me to see if the cyclists are a problem. Thanks to those of you cyclists who do give warning with the ring of a bell or a polite 'passing on the left'. We walkers/joggers do appreciate the warnings and I always say a thank you to those who do let us know.