Sherry Finelli, a Dublin resident, told the City Council on Oct. 6 she has observed faster-moving scooters, electric bikes, motorcycles, rollerbladers and cyclists creating dangerous situations on the multi-use path between Carr Middle School, Indian Run and the Recreation Center.

“I use it almost every day,” Finelli said. She described multiple near-misses and one incident she witnessed in which “a young man knocked an older woman off and she had a bloody elbow and she was very shaken up.”

Finelli urged specific safety fixes at a tunnel near Avery Road: a well-positioned convex mirror so users can see around the tunnel approach, clear lane striping or a center line, caution signage asking wheeled users to slow and to announce passing, and possibly speed limits for powered wheeled vehicles. She also suggested the city update the Parks & Recreation website’s biking and hiking information to include pedestrian safety guidance.

Council thanked Finelli and the mayor said a staff member would meet her on-site to gather contact information and follow up. Later in the meeting several council members and committee chairs referenced trail etiquette and noted the Public Services Committee is working on speed and signage as part of ongoing trail safety work.

Why it matters: the city’s multi-use paths are heavily used by walkers, runners, cyclists and new classes of personal mobility devices; council directed staff to follow up with the resident for a field visit and potential near-term communications and engineering responses.