[B’ Spokes: It amazes me that in the winter schools were not shoveling their sidewalks, businesses were not only not shoveling their sidewalks put plowing the parking lot snow onto the sidewalks, a bit different then Canada ]
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from CenterLines, the e-newsletter of the National Center for Bicycling & Walking.
-> According to a Mar. 17th Macleans article, "Many Canadian cities* plow their sidewalks, as well as roads. Like drinkable water and street lights that work, clear sidewalks are a basic municipal service in these urban centres. And yet numerous other cities have abandoned their sidewalk plows and dumped the job on residents instead. Is this fair?…"
"Cities that require citizens to do their own shoveling frequently cite the heavy cost of sidewalk clearing and limited budgets. But sidewalk plowing appears to be one of the great bargains of municipal governance. Winnipeg, for example, manages to keep its sidewalks free from snow and ice for $2 million a year, or less than $7 per household. Try finding a teenager willing to shovel your driveway just once for $7, let alone a whole season…"
* Canadian cities that plow sidewalks: Fredericton, Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, the majority of Metro Toronto, Winnipeg, to name a few.
Source: https://tinyurl.com/47cj7bxoldId.20110331075445475
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