Shared Path safety in Palmetto Bay - make your own. We have our answer – there is no enforcement, no protection, for users of shared paths. This is why it is safer to ‘take the lane’ in Palmetto Bay.

One would think Sunday, 4:30 PM, would be a good time to take a relaxing bike ride and shake off another Dolphin loss. You would think so, but you would be wrong.

Nope – Sunday afternoon is off loading time for commercial trucks that find it easier to take the shared path than find the proper loading zone. It appears to be a daily occurrence here in Palmetto Bay. See: October 30, 2021, Another blatant violation. The dates may change, but the violations remain the same. Shared path – ha! It’s a delivery / parking zone.

I ask you, would you allow children to walk or ride bikes and scooters around trucks in a loading zone? Of course not. Then why would you allow multi-paths to be used as a parking/unloading zone, especially at a time and on a day when you expect children to be riding this shared path?

Are these youths safe? Think there is any risk of being struck by a vehicle turning into the station,? The youths are screened off from view. They are no longer walking on a marked path, they are forced into the parking lot where cars may not be looking out for them.

This is getting boring (it is presently unsafe). Perhaps the unique report would be “hey, no safety issues with any Palmetto Bay Shared Paths today. See: October 24, 2021, Special post - Video of the day. The Old Cutler Trail: a shared path. Would you walk or ride through a loading zone? No. But then why would you use a shared path as an unloading zone? Is there any enforcement?

Another day, another violation on a shared path in Palmetto Bay. This is a safety issue.

Is there any village enforcement? Do any of our current elected officials concern themselves with providing a handicapped accessible path? Obviously there is no concern for the ADA any longer in Palmetto Bay.