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Originally Posted by johnjimbc

Any city tends to take care of main roads first in major snow events, with neighborhood and secondary roads secondary. And, aside from neighborhood streets, I've been very impressed with the amount of snow removal and the speed with which it was taken care of. And downtown anyway, the sidewalks are in relatively good shape as well.

The only real complaint I have at all is that the street plowing downtown created snow mounds at all the intersections, which pedestrians first had to walk over. Then, as the snow began to melt, these mounds blocked drains and created small ponds which pedestrians had to maneuver around or just trudge through, even on main pedestrian streets like Robson and Granville (including South Granville). I wasn't in Kits or Gastown, but I imagine they suffered the same issue. Seems to me there was a glaring gap in taking care of all the snow for pedestrians, and it would be an embarrassment and danger to have hundreds of thousands of people trudging around slushy (or even worse, icy mounds) as they attempted to maneuver around the "vibrant" city during the Olympics.

But as far as the roads went, I think they did fairly well. That does not mean it could be improved. But I have a newsflash. When 60 cm (more or less) of snow falls in about a week, there will be some snow on some streets. With proper tires and traction, most people will do just fine.

I agree the Airport also dropped the ball, with capacity issues - both snow removing capacity and personnel (from what I read) - making the situation worse than it needed to be.

Precisely! which is why I raise more concern over the Sea to Sky than the roads in Metro Vancouver. I'm willing to gamble in the next 2 weeks there will be a rock or mudslide due to the accumulated amount precipitation we've had recently.