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If cities cleared snow on bike lanes as dutifully as they do on car lanes, (personal) transportation by bicycle in the winter is viable. So is personal grocery
by ornornor 5y ago
If cities cleared snow on bike lanes as dutifully as they do on car lanes, (personal) transportation by bicycle in the winter is viable.
So is personal grocery hauling. There are trailers that can carry 50kg/100lbs of cargo that you just hitch to your bicycle.
That leaves the question of larger deliveries for stores. There are hybrid (muscle + electric) person sized vehicles (I think ups has some for example) that can deliver larger amounts of cargo with a reasonably sized vehicle.
But even then, I’d happily accept delivery trucks early in the morning or late in the evening if that was the only large and noisy vehicles using city roads. I don’t think most of the pollution (air and noise) or the danger to all other living beings in cities come from delivery trucks. No, it’s mostly personal cars.
- LinuxBender 5y agoI'm contemplating getting a small v-plow for an UTV to plow the bike path but I first need to find out if DOT are OK with me doing that. It isn't directly connected to the highway so they might not even own it.
- ornornor 5y agoYou could also lobby your city so that the taxes you pay are also used for clearing the bike paths. Several Canadian cities do it (Montreal and Toronto). Montreal is much better at it than Toronto though.
- LinuxBender 5y agoIt certainly wouldn't hurt to ask. I can always ask. :)