Weather conditions shouldn’t put a brake on cycling. In Toronto, where winters are harsh, the city authorities make a point of properly clearing snow and salting the network of cycle lanes, setting the example for other cities hoping to encourage the uptake of cycling as a sustainable mode of transport all year round.
The City of Toronto has agreed, with the various partners responsible for clearing its roads, to ensure that cycle lanes are cleared of snow and salted to keep them usable every day, even in snowy and icy conditions.
Surprisingly, this is the first year that this effort has been formally agreed upon. For a long time, cyclists were given a rough ride by the weather…
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