Sweden clears snow-covered walkways before roads (2018)

Re:Sweden clears snow-covered walkways before roads (2018) by wasmitnetzen on Friday January 21, 2022 @06:44AM (#30022194)

Stockholm has a page on their website describing their current plan[1].

It's not as black and white as the article makes it out to be. Roads are definitely being cleared before every walkway is done, they are just prioritized higher rather than being the last on the list as it is common in other places.

[1]: https://trafik.stockholm/gator-torg/sno-halka/ (Swedish, Google Translate works quite well[2])

[2]: https://trafik-stockholm.translate.goog/gator-torg/sno-halka...

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Re:Sweden clears snow-covered walkways before roads (2018) by grsborg on Friday January 21, 2022 @09:36AM (#30024019)

I can't find the info your referring to in your links. The walkways and bikelanes _are_ prioritized (at least over common roads). This is done with a model based on different criterias for different types of roads. The biggest roads (trafikled) are prioritized with the least amount of snow - if enough snow (cm) gathers (over the criteria in the table below) they are forced to clear it. Then the walkways (trottoar/gångbana) and bikelanes (cykelbana). Then the regular streets/smaller roads (vägar/gator).

The trafikled can probably most similarly be described as a highway, even though we drive on them in the city as well (in lower speed)

With the amount of cars that naturally clear the snow on these highways, it also makes it even more common that in practice the walkways gets prioritized first, as in the article states happened last year.

Trafikleder: Blötsnö/modd 1 cm Lös snö 2 cm

Trottoarer, gång- och cykelbanor: Blötsnö/modd 1-1,5 cm Lös snö 2-3 cm

Vägar/gator (körbana): Blötsnö/modd 2-2,5 cm Lös snö 4-5 cm [1]

I live in Stockholm.

[1] https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/snorojningspremiar-sa-snor...

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