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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Pedestrians can't even cross streets without climbing snowbanks. 
Oh yes bikes are more important I guess?[/quote]

The giant snow mounds that pedestrians face are the same ones bicyclists face. Same boat[/quote]

Put the snow in the bike lanes.  Problem solved for 99.99% of us.[/quote]

It generally is done that way and our problems aren't solved. The issue here is ice and plowing streets in a way that blocks pedestrian access to crosswalks. That and the hodge podge way sidewalks are cleared.[/quote]

Indeed, the underlying problem is twofold.  Nowhere to put the snow and ice and difficulties creating wide enough path.  Lane narrowing, random bumpouts and whatever those plastic poles are called have made it more difficult for plows, created hidden hazards for everyone and taken away the locations where snow used to get piled. [b] It is not a coincidence that the three most enthusiastic bike lane jurisdictions on the region, DC/MoCo/ALX, have had far and away the worst performance during this storm.[/b]

A concerted effort to utilize the unused space taken up by the bike lanes as snow storage would be the single most effective thing our government could do right now.[/quote]

And why NYC with all its bike lanes failed so miserably. Oh, wait. You're just wrong.
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