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Originally Posted by rrskylar
And so in a city of 800K we plow bike lanes before key sidewalks in commercial areas so that less than a few hundred people can cycle commute on warm winter days...makes a whole lot of sense, now I can see why!
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Most people can easily walk on a sidewalk that has a few inches of snow on it. So it's not as big of a priority. Cycling in fresh snow is much more difficult. Because most people can still use a sidewalk with snow it doesn't matter as much when it gets cleared.