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Originally Posted by Bill14564
I believe you misread the post. The road jam did not extend two miles in length (about 400 carts), the road jam existed for 25 minutes while covering two miles of distance and growing to 40 carts.
Two miles in 25 minutes would be about 5mph average. This seems slow, but.... While a trike might reach 20mph going downhill, it would not be going nearly that fast if it had to make a 90 degree turn at the bottom to go into a tunnel. It also would not go that fast riding up the hill out of the tunnel on the other side. There are several stop signs along that route which would further affect the average speed.
It isn't obvious to me that "none of this is true." There may have been some exaggeration (imagine that!) but the situation seems plausible.
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Here's the difference between you and I on this matter. I've put over 1500 miles on a trike (I know how they perform) and I travel this section on the MMP eight or more times a week on a two wheeled bicycle.
I can assure you that they didn't operate at 5mph. That just is not true. It's just not comfortable to ride at that speed
Unlike the multi modal path in your neighborhood of Hillsborough, there are zero homes where he is talking about. No cars crossing at village entrances, zero carts entering the MMP, carts exiting the MMP= nada.
There are just long and very long straight sections with hi visablity to pass, no vegetation. It's easy for six to eight carts to pass. There are several of these sections. The OP has gone beyond stretching the truth, instead writing a fictional post about something that didn't happen.
The only possibility under any circumstances is there was a tremendous amount of oncoming traffic which made it unsafe to pass. If that is the case, which I doubt, then it was unsafe to pass. It is not any cyclist, slower moving cart, loaded four passenger carts, or anything that is legally operating on the MMP, that is not traveling at the speed the OP wants to travel at, problem or obligation to pull off the path for anyone to pass. This is exactly the same as allowing an irrational driver to pass me in a bumper to bumper traffic jam.