How does this sound? Just because you "can" walk on the mult-use path doesn't mean you "should." - that's a stretch when comparing bikes and people to bikes on roads built for high speed travel and vehicles weighing two tons or more. Most roads in the US were simply not designed for cyclist safety, they have been modified with extra shoulders and lines but it's not like Europe where they've been integrated in the planning.
I make every effort to get out of the way when a cyclist approaches but it's a wooded trail and often they come up fast and by the time you hear "on your left" you only have moments to collect yourself.
I don't think it's a stretch. When I walk on multi-use paths, I am sharing them with bicyclists going on average about 5 times faster than I walk. When I bicycle on roadways, I normally bicycle on roadways where motor vehicles are going less than 4 times as fast as me, most often closer to 2 time faster than me.
You have flighty values. Period.
