Hi Phil. I'm not sure if it police were told to get more people to use the 
bike path by telling cyclist to get on the lanes. I think in general the 
police have other matters to attend to. When you mentioned that the lanes 
here are outrageous, I would agree to some extent. But there are lanes that 
go through parks and a particular lane that travels to the downtown area that 
are regularly maintain. For example the downtown route, the path was 
completely repaved - wow. That does not happen often. Usually paths are 
created and left to rot with time. Cracks develop and the city will fill them 
up only if they feel it is a hazard or perhaps they have received a 
complaint. I've noticed a big problem on many paths are sunken man-hole 
covers. They are a real danger. The government will supposely spend a lot of 
money on new paths this summer, when they should use that money to repair 
what they already have.
Richard
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