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Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm by srhngpr on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:16PM (#21764522)
You must be from Calgary! Unfortunately, scooters and bikes won't work when there is so much snow during the winter.
Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm by throw0101a on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:32PM (#21764712)
Is Calgary any worse than Finland?

* https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/never-mind-the-plo...

> Oulu in Finland and Winnipeg in Canada are two winter cities with remarkably different stories. Oulu is just like Winnipeg – except for the bike paths stretching for miles in every direction and the thousands of people riding bicycles in the snow – says Winter Bike to Work Day founder Anders Swanson

* https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/feb/12/ice-cycles-no...

Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:19PM (#21764557)
That's downright insulting! I'm from Edmonton.

Yeah, I fear we have too much snow - while bicycles can still be used by the most stubborn, electric vehicles can't summon up that curmudgeonly spirit that will get them out of every second snow drift.

Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm by srhngpr on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:24PM (#21764613)
I'm very sorry to hear that! coming from a Vancouverite.

I spend a decent chunk of the year in Calgary for work and last year they kept the Lime bikes during the winter and on non-snow days, it was actually useful for getting around downtown. But this year they got rid of those too. Car2go is no longer in Calgary either, so transportation options are super limited.

Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday December 12, 2019 @12:10PM (#21773767)
> I'm very sorry to hear that! coming from a Vancouverite.

Not even made - given everything going on, I'm sincerely thinking about heading out that way myself.

Re:Car-Free Streets Will Soon Be the Norm by mixmastamyk on Wednesday December 11, 2019 @12:23PM (#21764597)
Not entirely true: https://www.boredpanda.com/students-bicycle-school-winter-sn...

However I think below zero is better for biking than near zero to avoid remelting.