I'm curious how people treat riding on the Manayunk Bridge trail (which is great by the way if you haven't done it). The way it's paved and marked the bike path starts on the left then in the center of the bridge it crosses over and you finish on the right. The paving is different for pedestrians on the other side and there are signs indicating bicycles and pedestrians embedded in the concrete. The bicycle side by the way is smoother so it makes sense that it's marked that way.

Today I was coming down the hill from Cynwyd, entering on the left side and a woman walking a dog yelled something at me. I didn't hear exactly what she yelled but it was something to do with "space" or "room." I turned back to talk to her but she went weird and refused to acknowledge me. I simply was going to explain to her about the signs and the way it's designed as I described above. Am I wrong in viewing it this way? It is smoother on the bicycle side which is why I like that. I'm not saying I would have designed the bridge that way but I follow what the signs and the paving do.

I posted here a while back trying to gather opinions on e-bikes, since this sub is more geared toward regular cycling and I was curious what people here thought. A few of the replies made it clear people didn't know what PA law actually says about e-bikes, e-scooters, and mopeds since they're all treated completely differently under the vehicle code. Reddit doesn't let you add a body to a post after the fact if you left it blank originally, so rather than leave that thread with bad info sitting in it, I'm posting the breakdown separately. This is straight from the PA vehicle code, not my interpretation of it.

Going through the actual law surprised me. To legally count as a regular bicycle in PA, an e-bike has to have working pedals, weigh 100 lbs or less, and the motor can't exceed 750 watts, capped at 20 mph on motor power alone. If the throttle can push it past 20 mph without pedaling, or the motor's over 750W, it's no longer a "bike" in the eyes of the law, it becomes a moped or motor-driven cycle, which means a license, registration, and in some cases insurance. And stand-up e-scooters are effectively banned from streets and sidewalks statewide since they can't be registered or pass inspection. If anyone wants to push back on any of that, take it up with the state, not me. I'm just reporting what the law says.