Cyclists have paved road while cars travel on unpaved road

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I have just returned from a tour from Prague to Berlin.
Infrastructure for cycling is excellent. In some rural areas, while the cycle path is paved, rest of the road remains unpaved/ gravel.
 

classic33

Leg End Member
Shouldn't that be in the road signs thread?

Sounds like a lot for a pie and a pint, but my pub-going days are over so what do I know!
It was!
 

Conrad_K

unindicted co-conspirator
It makes good sense.

The cycle path doesn't have to carry the weight of a road, meaning it's a whole lot cheaper to build and maintain. And perambulators, wheelchairs, and mobility scooters don't do well with graveled paths. And having had to use a cane for a few years, those don't either.

It's also entirely possible that the bike path and the roadway might share the same right-of-way, but be authorized and funded by different government polities, like city vs. county, or even different agencies within the same polity. The area I do most of my riding is like that.
 
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