Officials are trying to teach walkers and bikers traveling the Capital Crescent Trail some better trail manners this summer.

A public meeting at Bethesda Library on Monday evening focused on recent safety adjustments the Montgomery County Parks Department made upon hearing complaints about the popular trail, which runs from Silver Spring to Georgetown.

Adjustments include posting a 15 mph speed limit, repainting pavement markings, rumble strips at two roadway crossings and posting handouts reminding trail users to be polite. “It’s to call attention to the fact that you need to be mindful that you aren’t the only person on the trail,” said Mary Bradford, Montgomery Parks Department director. “So far we haven’t planned any policemen behind bushes with radar guns.”

Other local trails post a 15 mph speed limit, including the Mount Vernon Trail along the Potomac River.

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Handouts tell people to take out or turn down earphones that cause them not to hear verbal warnings from oncoming bicyclists and remind them of issues like right-of-way and keeping pets from becoming nuisances.

In the next few months, the Parks Department will contract for a full-on safety study of all trail users, Bradford said. The study’s results will help the department to make further improvements next summer.

The trail’s stretch from Bethesda to the District, its most-traveled, received most of these initial updates.