Winter Walking and Cycling

[danbrotherston]

The times I've been walking on city property or that maintained by contractors, the operators of the vehicles have stopped and moved aside for me (into a driveway, for example). It's a different and more navigable scenario at pedestrian speeds than it is at automobile speeds.

And of course, pedestrians, even less abled ones, can do the same thing for any plowed access.  

Also, I'm sure this is a bigger problem in dense areas (where we are already more likely to be using snow removal equipment on sidewalks--only, a different machine for every block), but in the residential area I grew up in, for 18 years, I can count on one hand the number of times I encountered a sidewalk plow, while walking.