jenn, MUT's are multi-use paths, pedicabs are those bicycle-taxi things. always thought that would be good training.
anyway, our MUT is about 10 miles winding through the greenbelt. it passes thru parks and golf courses and housing. like regina, there's no way you would take a road bike on a ride on this path. it's too ,well, used. by rollerbladers, walkers, bikers, dog people, kids, strollers, geese feeders, picnickers, joggers, etc etc. i ride it occasionally running errands because the one thing this patch doesnt have is cars! and it goes under streets instead of across them. but you would never think to race through there full out on a road bike. so maybe the paths regina and i have access to are totally different than the ones you and others have access to.