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Originally Posted by MartinSE
You are supposed to walk on the left on the road, and on the right on the multimodal.
On the road it is because the cars come up so fast, you wont have time to hear them before they hit you. If you walk facing them, you can see them coming.
At least that is what I was told when I moved here.
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I would put that piece of advice you got when you moved here in the trash bin with a lot of other pieces of advice we all get from time to time.
I walk facing traffic. This allows me to make eye contact with the golf cart driver or bike rider, and let them know I see them, and make a determination if they see me. Are they giving me room? Do I need to step off the path so I don't get hit?
I don't ride a bike anymore, but I do drive golf carts, and I much prefer to see pedestrians facing me, for the same reasons.