Stepping Stones to Year-Round Bicycling and Walking: Tackling Winter Maintenance--Becka Roolf

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Title: Stepping Stones to Year-Round Bicycling and Walking: Tackling Winter Maintenance Track: Connect Format: 90 minute moderated discussion Abstract: This panel will explore the challenges of providing good pedestrian and bicycle access year-round in cold climate cities. The panel will address current best practices, agency perspectives on winter maintenance, and tough questions about who should be responsible for maintaining sidewalks and bikeways and to what level of service. Presenters: Presenter: Ciara Schlichting, AICP Toole Design Group Co-Presenter: Becka Roolf Salt Lake City Transportation Division Co-Presenter: Steve Sanders University of Minnesota

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Greatest Snow on Earth TM

Photos: L. Cohen, Visit Salt Lake; Wikipedia.

Also snows in the city

deseretnews.com

A four-season climate

Salt Lake City: • 500” of snow in the mountains. • 70” of snow in the city. • 100° in the city in the summer.

Photo: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

“We plow bike lanes first.”

Photos: Copenhagenize.com

For all modes of travel

Mix of individual preparedness & public agency maintenance:

Photos from footwear sales websites

For all modes of travel

oregon.gov

Mix of individual preparedness & public agency maintenance:

For all modes of travel

Mix of individual preparedness & public agency maintenance:

Icebike.org

“We plow bike lanes first.”

Photos: Copenhagenize.com

Conventional bike lanes Plowing from center of street. Plow the bike lane “at the same time” actually means plow the bike lane last.

Parking restrictions?

Cambridge, MA Photo: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

This is the bike lane line.

Separate Paths

Boston, MA. Photo: Doug Mink

Best for hardcore winter? Better snow storage.

Finnish, Canadian stories at VeloCity 2012.

Cambridge, MA. Photo: Becka Roolf

Protected bike lanes

Photos: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

The new U.S. challenge.

Plows… & tree trimming

Photo: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

Slcgov.com

Trees – shade & snow drop

Photo: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

True winter – January 2013

Photo: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

True winter

Photo: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

Better than bike lanes?

This is the bike lane.

This is the parking lane.

Photos: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

Crosswalks & windrows

Photo: B. Roolf, SLC Transportation

The challenges of change

Continue the conversation

SALT LAKE CITY TRANSPORTATION DIVISION

bikeslc.com

Becka Roolf Bicycle & Pedestrian Coordinator

bikeslc@slcgov.com

801-535-6630

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