Winter Walking and Cycling

[MidTowner]

I don't know about that property. But there is one I pass most days that has not been cleared all winter. For the last weeks, I push my kid in the stroller on the street around that stretch of sidewalk. I did this week. But I was just told by the City that it was found "passable" on March 5. I agree that it's passable on foot- when I don't have a stroller, I just hop over the windrow, and barely notice the packed snow and ice. Once you try it with wheels, it's not.

It's clearly offside of the bylaw, which mandates "bare pavement." That apparently isn't being enforced. Which is bizarre, given that in answer to the question "Why doesn't the city plow sidewalks?" on the City's web site, they state "[M]unicipalities that implemented city-wide sidewalk snow-clearing identified that service levels are inconsistent, and sidewalks are maintained to snow-packed, not bare, conditions."