to wonder why we don't yet have an established 'side of the path' to walk on?

[Girlwhowearsglasses]

Because I've just taken my DF in his wheelchair to a large hospital with pre-covid-designed paths (not wide enough for social distancing) and played 'dance from side to side' repeatedley all the way down the pavement and into the hospital corridors as nobody seems to know which side to walk - even the HCPs. Ditto the corridors in said hospital. Ditto most places without explicit instrucions in stickers on the floor.

Given that when walking on a road you shoudl walk on the right hand side so as to be able to see traffic coming towards you (although you probably only know this if you live in an area with narrow roads without pavements) - Perhaps we should walk on the right on a path, corridor or pavement? Or are there other factors to consider?

Why don't we have a convention yet/ever?

Walk on the left. It transfers easily to pavements, where walking on the left ensures the person nearest the edge of the pavement is facing the traffic.

I too had the ‘walk on the left’ thing drummer into me at school. And you’re supposed to walk on the left in many tube corridors, for example. In countries where they drive on the right, is it reversed? Is the general convention to walk on the right?

Left, definitely.

I walk/ run on the left unless it is a road without a pavement and I'm keeping right to observe oncoming traffic.

I walk on the left but no one else seems to get it!

On our seafront path, right down the middle in groups seems to be the preferred choice, masks social distancing a challenge🤷‍♀️

I generally try to walk on the left, but of course it helps if others do the same which they don't. I went to my local hospital today and they have stuck down keep left stickers along the corridors and the stairwells, which for the most part people stuck to. That said, I wasn't concentrating and I was in the wrong side for a little bit. I, apologised to the dr walking towards me 😬

Walking on the left so the person nearest the road can see traffic coming is OK - unless you're in a one-way street.
Where I live, in a small town, the pavements aren't wide enough to pass someone and keep the correct distance. 3-4 ft wide pavement width. Someone usually steps into the road.