Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

But the argument I am making is, why does the city/region get to adopt one stance while forcing others to another? That’s the issue.

I don’t get to put a sign in front of my house that says this. In fact, I must now live my life in constant worry that someone will come by the instant it snows with Dan’s app and flag me as a jerk for not sitting there with my nose at the window watching for a particle of snow to land on the sidewalk so I can instantly run out and remove it, lest I face getting a fine.

I hope my app app would not be used to name and shame, but instead to highlight for city council that this is a problem, and that their "solution" is not any kind of "solution"...my apologies if it has caused you worry.

@neonjoe The catch basins drain into the waterways which flow through the park.  The salt ends up in the same place regardless.  If we really wanted to reduce salt entering our waterways we'd find a different solution for minor and "unessential" roads, which consume far far more salt than pathways.  Even my quiet side street received frequent coats of salt through the winter.  For example, we could provide alternate means of transportation lessening the need for all roads to be cleared.