Cycling on Footpaths increasing - ?

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

FWITW, I notice more pavement cycling when the sun comes out. There's the odd regular pavement cyclist I see - and they seem fairly timid.
Aside from that it's children, teenagers on e-bikes and other people at the fringes of society.
The majority of people I see riding are on shared use paths, dedicated infra or on the road.

 

[Baldy]

Aside from that it's children, teenagers on e-bikes and other people at the fringes of society.

Are children and teenagers not a part of normal main stream society any more?

 

[ColinJ]

Are children and teenagers not a part of normal main stream society any more?

That missing comma makes a big difference!

 

[PedallingNowhereSlowly]

Are children and teenagers not a part of normal main stream society any more?

Yes, that's totally what I meant. </sarcasm>

For clarity, could be re-written as children, teenagers on e-bikes and drug distributors.

And before you go there, I'm not suggesting that the children and teenagers are distributing drugs.

 

[Mike_P]

Given the hierarchy of road users set out in the highway code cycling on the pavement should not be an issue provided cyclists ensure pedestrians are safe.
Obviously if the pavement is busy with pedestrians then no sane person is going to cycle given the likelihood of being knocked off. The same incidentally can apply to some designated cycle routes at some times when thet are swamped with pedestrians. Unfortunately there is the illegal ebike lot who seem to have no respect to anyone.

 

[LAS22]

I opened this thinking it was about cycling on public footpaths or public rights of way. That seems to be increasing, with a woeful ignorance on the parts of some about what their rights are. A few months ago I had a bit of a set-to with a couple on a tandem who rode through a field, far off the line of the right of way, fast downhill, scattering a flock of sheep with young lambs - then struggled to get the bike over the stile at the bottom. And at a nature reserve owned by the National Trust the 'no cycling' signs are ignored or even sometimes destroyed. There's a permissive path for horses through the site, and though on a statutory bridleway that would include cycling, on a permissive route it doesn't. Often there's no problem about cycling on public footpaths/rights of way though the cyclists seem to expect walkers to get out of their way.