Comment 96879

By mikeonthemountain (registered) | Posted January 16, 2014 at 14:35:41 in reply to Comment 96875

My first response:

I commute along the entire length of Dundurn every weekday. I use an electric assisted mountain bike, properly winterized, and with studded winter tires.

AM - northbound from Aberdeen to York.
PM - southbound from York to Aberdeen.

From my perspective, there is no evidence of any snow maintenance on Dundurn.

Dundurn North (King to York) : After our first snowstorm just before Christmas, the bike lanes on both sides got completely buried by snow piles, when the plows came through. This was never cleared. It subsequently turned to ice. Ever since then, the bike lanes were completely not navigable. I am merging into traffic (sharrows if possible) because the bike lane has been completely not navigable ever since. It is only just now becoming navigable, after our recent thaw.

Dundurn South (Aberdeen to Main) : Better; the snow plows are able to clear more of the bike lane. However parked cars result in random segments of lane with snow and ice piles big enough that they have to be evaded. Cars park a bit farther out when snow is built up. So likewise, frequent merges into the traffic lane result.

Thank you for your initiative in this area, I am thankful and supportive beyond words. However at this time there is neither evidence of maintenance, nor benefit from it!

Solution: Because the bike lanes on much of Dundurn are narrow, the plows cannot push snow far enough to the right (it'd be on the sidewalk). If you are able to have a snowblower vacuum up the snow pile, this will significantly remedy the semi-permanent ice mound that envelops the lane..

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