Mountain Bikers and Rollerbladers Share the Only Trail in a City

question 173

Multiple Choice

Mountain bikers and rollerbladers share the only trail in a city park.The city allows everybody into the park and onto the trail.The mountain bikers say the rollerbladers are a hazard to them; the rollerbladers say it's the other way around.Frequently there are collisions and many injuries occur.Which of the following ways of dealing with the problem does not implicitly grant someone a property right?

• A)Allow bikers to use the trail on odd-numbered days and rollerbladers to use it on even-numbered days.
• B)Allow bikers to use the trail in the morning and rollerbladers to use it in the afternoon.
• C)Allow only bikers in the park because they have invested in the more expensive sports equipment.
• D)Kick everybody out of the park.
• E)Build another trail, put rollerbladers on one and bikers on the other, and give bikers the right-of-way at intersections.

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