It also sucks to be a single rollerblader on a multi-use path with a gang of bikers who can't seem to understand they're taking up both lanes designed to be used to travel in both directions.
Nobody knows how to use anything even resembling a road.
Agreed on both your and the OP's point. MUPs seem to bring the worst in some people who do not know how to be considerate.
Roads should be broad. Like in northern Alberta roads. Great skating.
I see this a lot on some leisure area in Berlin here (the old airport Tempelhof). The problem is that there usually is a big difference in skill level betwen cyclists and rollerbladers. Cyclists are normally quite experienced in what they do, and can control their space usage pretty well. Rollerbladers only do it once a week at best, and stumble around like drunk teenagers, going very wide and slow. A skilled rollerblader wouldn't really need more space than a cyclist.
A roller blading stride takes more width than a cyclist by a bit because you push back and out otherwise you aren't very efficient.
Well yeah depends also on the cyclist, if they are going rather quiet or out of the saddle. The main issue is the super wide and unpredictable path that inexperienced skaters take.
This only applies to people still learning how to skate. I used to rollerblade all around manhattan. A good skater takes up as much room as a pedestrian, but is moving much faster, can zip in and out of crowds like pylons, and use edgework to accelerate without the largesse strides. It’s incredibly fun as a rollerblader’s mobility is infinitely greater than a skateboard .