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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
801-535-6630
