Comment 96431

By mikeonthemountain (registered) | Posted January 03, 2014 at 17:28:52 in reply to Comment 96430

Not asking for priority or focus.

In the existing situation roads already come first, sidewalks already come second, which is exactly appropriate and desirable. Both already come first.

For cycling I am suggesting a change where snow removal does not exist at all, to having an appropriate place in the snow clearing hierarchy. When doing follow up snow removal days after a storm, running a plow blade over a dedicated bike lane, or digging out a rack in a busy spot, is not the same as asking roads and pedestrians to come second to bike lanes.

Listen, I'm absolutely fine with cycling in the right lane while bike lanes are snow covered. It's just a shame the city took the effort to narrow a road, put in bike lanes, and then bikes get forced back into the now single lane.

After our Christmas snowstorm, I was riding in the right lane of York Blvd into Burlington. With cars and trucks screaming past since they're already accelerating to highway speed.

This morning, after yesterdays snowstorm, the bike lanes on York were plowed and navigable! They didn't do anything special, just the plows scraped farther to the edge this time. That was it, they just pushed snow an extra half meter farther. Boom, solved. The bike lane is navigable, me out of live vehicular traffic.

Not everyone runs an all-season bike delivery business.

Trying my best to be clear and articulate - but a little concerned how easily a simple problem->solution conversation descends into hyperbole and polar absolutes. I can empirically confirm your observation that not everyone runs an all year bike delivery business. That's not what this conversation is about! :)

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