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The Galloping Goose is a multi-use trail: pedestrians, cyclists, e-bikes, rollerblades, horses, runners and so on. Multi-use. So can we dispense with the whining about “aggressive cyclists and high speeds” as the singular culprits of bad etiquette on the Goose? How many times have I and others cycled by pedestrians after a vocally courteous “on your left” only to see that the pedestrian(s) has their ears plugged with earbuds making them completely oblivious to bikes and other trail users? What about the pedestrians with their dogs on extended leashes spanning the trail who can’t make the effort to reel the dog closer to make way for passing trail users? What about the apparently blameless pedestrians who walk three and four abreast on the trail and make no effort to move to one side of the trail to make room for cyclists on the other side? ....