Winter Walking and Cycling

[MidTowner]

I thought that this editorial was very well-done. I especially appreciated this part:

It's also a gender issue. First, fewer women own and drive cars, and therefore they make up a slight majority of pedestrians. Second, women are often the primary caregiver for children. Every person pushing a stroller came to at least one dead-end this weekend. Some had help from good Samaritans navigating the ice barriers. Many did not, and risked their own safety. Many others simply stayed indoors.

One of my bugbears is the nauseating frequency with which politicians of all stripes claim to be focused on making life easier for "hard-working families." Getting the damned sidewalks clear of snow in a reasonable time so parents could push their kids' strollers in safety would be a very easy way in which municipal politicians could prove it.