@NewNordicNormal The canals are very popular bike paths across Phoenix, and in the last few years, they’ve put a lot of effort into improving them. Most are paved now.
Weird thing though, because of right-of-access, the cities control one side of the canals and the Salt River Project controls the other.
It means in most places, only one bank is paved, and it sometimes switches between one side and the other.