Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

I'm constantly confused by the salt argument when it comes to city sidewalk clearing. In my mind, we would use less salt because sidewalks don't need to be cleared down to bare concrete. Or do we think that government just has no idea how to use salt?

I think it's both a visibility problem (people who walk see salt on the sidewalk, but not necessarily on the road), and a "false flag" operation, people who want to oppose higher taxes call out salt as a reason to try to claim the environmental flag, despite roads being by far the biggest culprit, and obviously enabling more people to walk is good for the environment.