08-17-2021, 04:49 PM
(08-17-2021, 10:17 AM)jeremyroman Wrote:(08-17-2021, 09:38 AM)ac3r Wrote: I forget who did it (possibly City Beautiful?), but there is a video that explains that one reason Finnish people continue to bike in the winter is because Finnish cities do an incredible job snow plowing the pathways and sidewalks. We have a serious lack of snow removal here, not to mention a lot of our bike infrastructure is on or very close to live roadways which makes it incredibly dangerous. If a car hit some ice and slid into a bike lane, they could easily run over a cyclist. Finland has a lot of trails that are well separated from live traffic and they remove snow very quickly. Our mild winters also complicate things as things melt and freeze repeatedly.
It was Not Just Bikes, in fact.
I enjoy that video, I watched it twice lol. I particularly enjoy watching the last minute or so where he rides a bike path for a long time, and I find it fun to imagine trails like that as an option for my bike ride to work. Currently I have to ride mostly in what he calls bike gutters.