90% of Brisbane's bike paths are technically not classified as bike paths, but footpaths or shared paths. That's paths like the Deagon Deviation Bikeway, significant parts of the North Brisbane Bikeway, the Cabbage Tree Creek Bikeway. These are called bikeways and are intended for use by bikes. But this shitty authoritarian pro-car law will effectively bar bikes from being ridden on bikeways.

And for what? Because they can't be fucked actually dealing with the people riding electric motorbikes at above 25 km/h using a throttle using the laws that are already in place. It's fucking stupid. And it's indefensible. The best that could be said about it is that it's fearmongering intended to sucker idiots in to supporting their anti-bike agenda.

[–] ForgottenUsername@lemmy.world -1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

All I'll say to this is that on foot is primarily walking.

Will you come across some runners sure, but get out there and count them. You'll be suprised at how outnumbered they are compared to walkers.

But you live in your little circle where you scream at the government going this is BS, because some pedestrians run these rules are wrong. Ignoring the vast vast vast majority that are walking and slow, sometimes elderly and wobble on thier feet, sometimes pushing a pram or herding little kids, let me speed past them as fast as I can.

And regarding the bikeways, they've said there is provision to increase speed limits on some ways these will be updated and you won't have to do 10km/h on them.

Your arguments are the exact argument that motorists that ride cyclists off the road use. You are litterally in the same camp as them, I wanna go as fast as I want and no ~~cyclist~~ pedestrian is gonna get in my way. Stop fearmongering and share the footpaths.