Winter Walking and Cycling

[ijmorlan]

I'm really not sure what your personal issue with me is.

But it's a shame you're letting it prevent you from recognizing the difficult that some in our community have getting around, and causing you to be disruptive here.

I'm quite sure that everyone recognizes that if 95% of the snow is removed from every sidewalk that's fine, but that isn't what 95% clear means.

I don't have any personal issue with you, I am sorry that you see it that way, and am not sure how that post was 'disruptive'. I just wanted to highlight that people have different ideas of what passable is.

I'm not sure where in my short statement that I am denying that some people can't move anywhere if there is snow. 

I wanted to contribute further but it seems that only certain views are welcomed.

Just like different people have different ideas of what accessible is. For example, a building with stairs at the entrance is perfectly accessible to me, but I have enough imagination to understand that someday I might be the one in the wheelchair so I am able to correctly judge that the building itself is inaccessible.

Similarly, a sidewalk covered in inches of slush is impassable, even if I personally can push through. So if 1/20 of the properties in a neighbourhood don’t clear their snow, then the neighbourhood is impassable. We’re talking about sidewalks, not back-country utility roads that require a 4x4 to drive.