Winter Walking and Cycling

[neonjoe]

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed by that.

Same meeting they approved a staff recommendation to remove the Columbia bike lane protection with no clear transition plan to replace it.

Very disappointing news about the bike lane. That’s an obvious location to have better bicycle infrastructure. I’m radical enough to question whether Columbia even needs four motor vehicle lanes. There should be plenty of space for excellent bicycle and pedestrian lanes.

I’m a bit confused about the leaf removal issue. The city has to remove leaves from the street itself, right? So isn’t the only difference really whether it’s legal to sweep leaves from the lawn onto the street? And if people have excess leaves, by far the most efficient way to get rid of them is to do so. It’s totally absurd to bag up leaves and pick them up one bag at a time rather than just vacuuming them up. Am I missing something?

This would require the leaves to be vacuumed up almost daily. Excessive amounts of leaves on the road become extremely slippery once it rains, even more than ice left on the road. They remove any shoulder that would exist where cyclists may ride. Its very dangerous.