Comments on: When riding the cherry creek BIKE path

By: tbradley

tbradley — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:43:32 +0000

FWIW, the bulk of the trail lies in the City and County of Denver, and so they own it (or perhaps I should say the citizens of Denver own it). The Denver Parks & Recreation department’s map of Denver Urban Trails calls it the "Cherry Creek Trail."

http://www.denvergov.org/Portals/654/documents/denverUrbanWaterwayTrails.pdf

I just happened to be looking through Glen Hanket’s "Take a Bike: A Guide to the Denver Area’s Urban Trails" book this morning, too, trying to figure out where I want to go ride today. He calls it the "Cherry Creek Trail" as well.

And I agree – people, don’t be a jerk on the trail! Any trail!

But it’s really not a bike path any more than it’s a running path, a big wheel race track, a make-shift cricket pitch, or a horse trail.

Of course, the people who don’t play well with others almost certainly don’t read this website, so you and I are both preaching to the choir.

By: nwilker

nwilker — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:20:15 +0000

tbradley – I couldn’t actually find an "owner" for the Cherry Creek Trail or Bike Path – just mentions of both. So I’ll give you that one. No moral high ground really – just observations on how sucky all people can be on the path/trail/route.

By: tbradley

tbradley — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:43:20 +0000

Of course your tips for sharing the path are good ones.

But you seem to have this chip on your shoulder about it being a bike path. What makes you think it is meant to be primarily a bike path? Just because you call it the "Cherry Creek Bike Path" doesn’t mean that’s what it is. The City of Denver and the Denver Regional Council of Governments both call it the "Cherry Creek Trail." So what makes you think bikes have some sort of priority or moral high ground on the "trail"?

FWIW, you can google "cherry creek trail" and "cherry creek bike path" and you’ll see about twice as many web pages use the former – and more inclusive – name, which is "trail" and not "bike path."