05-12-2018, 08:35 AM
(05-12-2018, 08:30 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: The new minimum maintenance standards for municipal highways are out.
It looks as if bike lanes are no longer allowed to be used as snow storage. There are new requirements for sidewalks. I don't think MUTs would be covered. So all those new MUTs that have been installed along side roads don’t need to be cleared (as they are not sidewalk, or road, or bicycle lane).
To be honest, I don't expect any change WRT bike lanes. The city already claims that they plow bike lanes, even though they in no way do. But between the narrow width of many bike lanes, potholes and other surface issues, it really is pretty impractical to plow them. I think cities will continue to "pretend" like they do, without making any actual changes.