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Not true. Lots of people bike in Oslo during the winter. While the numbers are lower in winter, saying that very few do is plainly wrong. Cargo bikes as well as
by gilrim 8y ago
Not true. Lots of people bike in Oslo during the winter. While the numbers are lower in winter, saying that very few do is plainly wrong. Cargo bikes as well as trailers for kids are popular among families with children, see them all over the place. The city bike system are testing winter bikes and so far it been a success.
The changes that are being implement take time, but overall the last few years the city have made great strides.
- dbdjfjrjvebd 8y agoVirtually no one bikes here in the winter.
- anyfoo 8y agoAs I said, definitely a lot of bikes in Munich in winter, but temperatures also rarely drop below -10°C or so (although there were some extremely exceptional winters in the last few years where it happened). Maybe that's different in Oslo.
- dbdjfjrjvebd 8y agoTemperatures here are rarely under -5 but rarely above 0. The key is that they hover just below zero and the ice stays on the ground. Ice is very different to snow to cycle on.
- anyfoo 8y agoDoes the city not put road grit onto the bike paths in Oslo? They certainly do in Munich.
- dbdjfjrjvebd 8y agoThey are not many bike paths. For example there are non on my commute.
- anyfoo 8y agoAh, that's the major difference then, I guess.
- magicalhippo 8y agoRoad grid does little when there's several cm of snow on top of the ice. It's a very slippery combination. During winter the sidewalks rarely get the snow removed. So unless there's dedicated bike lanes, which there are still rather few of, you'd have to bike in the middle of the road. Which, due to the topography, would mostly mean holding up the traffic big time. Here are some news articles from last winter which contains some illustrative pictures: https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/m60VB0/Mer-sno-i-vente-pa-Ostlandet https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/m60VB0/Mer-sno-i-vente-pa... https://www.aftenposten.no/osloby/i/ka3kLj/Oslo-vinteren-har-fort-til-klagestorm https://www.aftenposten.no/osloby/i/ka3kLj/Oslo-vinteren-har... Of course it's not always that bad, but it's usually not a whole lot better either for most of the winter.
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- anyfoo 8y agoYes, the difference seems to be that Munich has lots of bike paths.
- magicalhippo 8y agoThey're building more here tho, so unless we get a shift in power next year (local elections), the situation should be much better in a few years time. They've also said they'll focus keeping the bike roads clear during winter, currently a big issue for myself.
- dbdjfjrjvebd 8y agoBetween this and the property tax I can't see the current local government holding onto power.
- eisa01 8y agoEyeballing some monthly graphs on [1] it seems to be 5-15% of peak traffic, I would call that few. Also, the city bikes don't operate during winter, which I can completely understand [1] http://www.eco-public.com/ParcPublic/?id=3936# http://www.eco-public.com/ParcPublic/?id=3936#