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Farmington advisory committee debates speed limits and striping on multiuse trails
Summary
Members of Bike Walk Farmington debated whether to post speed limits and stripe multiuse trails, emphasizing education and pilots rather than enforcement. Concerns included trail width, e‑bikes, signage and whether striping makes trails feel like roads.
At a meeting of the Bike Walk Farmington advisory committee, members spent the bulk of their discussion debating whether to post advisory speed limits and paint centerlines on the town’s multiuse trails. The debate centered on safety, the physical width of many older trail segments, and how much of the initiative should be education rather than enforcement.
Bruce Donald, Southern New England manager for the East Coast Greenway Alliance and chair of the Connecticut Greenways Council, said signage and striping can improve trail etiquette but should be applied selectively.…
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