Comment 108864

By AP (registered) | Posted February 07, 2015 at 09:27:16 in reply to Comment 108794

I typically have two competing thoughts when riding in the winter when I come across terrible conditions in the bike lanes right next to 2, 3, 4 lanes of bone-dry, perfectly cleared automobile lanes: (1) It's winter, in Canada, be patient; (2) If the adjacent lanes can be that good, we can do much better on these. The "in Canada" is the key driver in both: We do have some snow-filled winters, but so do other places, some of which choose to prioritize clearing of their bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure and reap the benefits. On Main over the 403 this past week, the protected lane was great on Wednesday but somehow, through human/plow interaction, worse on Thursday without any additional snowfall. Which confirms for me that priorities and perspective are the key determining factors, not our country's climate. I'm grateful for the perspective shared here, for the call for better service; it's called vision and advocacy and adds up to progress.

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