[Jedd]

Agreed. However you can't legislate against inconsiderate behaviour, which is what leads some people to prefer other people are physically precluded from their vicinity. It's undeniably going to cause some contention.

And, yes, I enjoyed many interesting trips along both north and south sides of the river, also both towards and away from the city - it was undeniably frustrating to have to make often quite large detours 'inland' just to get past a couple of hundred metres of fenced-off foreshore. Cycling through areas strewn with shattered glass wasn't much fun, either.

Such a shame we can't all reach a 'let's not be arseholes' consensus.

[smeyer]

>you can't legislate against inconsiderate behavior

Sure you can. In my own experience I've had good luck calling the police with noise complaints, although I recognize the response is probably worse in many other places. I'm not claiming you can legislate against all inconsiderate behavior, but it's not a problem that is inapproachable with legislation.