Bike trails that form a circuit are nice, but the best trail need not be a circuit. Our town is debating whether to spend several hundred thousand dollars on “completing”  a trail around a lake.

A fine idea, but there’s a greater need than finishing the loop. While the trail is shared by walkers and rider, the oldest parts of the trail are not wide enough. Walkers already complain about bike speed.

Why should we “finish the loop” and bring more riders to a trail that’s not wide enough? First, make all parts of the existing trail sharable.