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You must be from Calgary! Unfortunately, scooters and bikes won't work when there is so much snow during the winter.

SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
That's downright insulting! I'm from Edmonton. Yeah, I fear we have too much snow - while bicycles can still be used by the most stubborn, electric vehicles can't summon up that curmudgeonly spirit that will get them out of every second snow drift.
- srhngpr 7y ago
  I'm very sorry to hear that! coming from a Vancouverite. I spend a decent chunk of the year in Calgary for work and last year they kept the Lime bikes during the winter and on non-snow days, it was actually useful for getting around downtown. But this year they got rid of those too. Car2go is no longer in Calgary either, so transportation options are super limited.
  - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
    > I'm very sorry to hear that! coming from a Vancouverite. Not even made - given everything going on, I'm sincerely thinking about heading out that way myself.
mixmastamyk 7y ago
Not entirely true: https://www.boredpanda.com/students-bicycle-school-winter-snow-oulu-finland/ https://www.boredpanda.com/students-bicycle-school-winter-sn... However I think below zero is better for biking than near zero to avoid remelting.
throw0101a 7y ago
Is Calgary any worse than Finland? * https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/never-mind-the-plows-five-things-i-learned-from-the-worlds-most-bike-friendly-winter-city https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/never-mind-the-plo... > Oulu in Finland and Winnipeg in Canada are two winter cities with remarkably different stories. Oulu is just like Winnipeg – except for the bike paths stretching for miles in every direction and the thousands of people riding bicycles in the snow – says Winter Bike to Work Day founder Anders Swanson * https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/12/ice-cycles-northerly-world-cities-winter-bicycle-revolution https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/12/ice-cycles-no...

That's downright insulting! I'm from Edmonton. Yeah, I fear we have too much snow - while bicycles can still be used by the most stubborn, electric vehicles can't summon up that curmudgeonly spirit that will get them out of every second snow drift.

srhngpr 7y ago
I'm very sorry to hear that! coming from a Vancouverite. I spend a decent chunk of the year in Calgary for work and last year they kept the Lime bikes during the winter and on non-snow days, it was actually useful for getting around downtown. But this year they got rid of those too. Car2go is no longer in Calgary either, so transportation options are super limited.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  > I'm very sorry to hear that! coming from a Vancouverite. Not even made - given everything going on, I'm sincerely thinking about heading out that way myself.

mixmastamyk 7y ago

Not entirely true: https://www.boredpanda.com/students-bicycle-school-winter-snow-oulu-finland/ https://www.boredpanda.com/students-bicycle-school-winter-sn... However I think below zero is better for biking than near zero to avoid remelting.

throw0101a 7y ago

Is Calgary any worse than Finland? * https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/never-mind-the-plows-five-things-i-learned-from-the-worlds-most-bike-friendly-winter-city https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/never-mind-the-plo... > Oulu in Finland and Winnipeg in Canada are two winter cities with remarkably different stories. Oulu is just like Winnipeg – except for the bike paths stretching for miles in every direction and the thousands of people riding bicycles in the snow – says Winter Bike to Work Day founder Anders Swanson * https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/12/ice-cycles-northerly-world-cities-winter-bicycle-revolution https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/12/ice-cycles-no...