text: Public works made time to clear all the employee-only parking lots. What more do you want?
  
  The city has official policies to discourage car use and encourage walking, cycling and public transit for transportation. You sure could have fooled me with the city's behavior over the past week. Bike paths were left impassible. When streets were cleared, the snow and gravel were pushed off into bike lanes, bike paths and side walks. Even a week after the snow, and four days after the last flake landed, one needs tall water-proof boots to walk on the sidewalks that are swamps of ice-water.
  
  Imagine, if you will, someone who took the city seriously on their claims to be bike and pedestrian friendly. Say this person sells their car. Now, days after the snow has hit that person must get to work but only the car-bound are able to because the pedestrian and cycling infra is too dangerous. How's that going to work? I'll tell you. 30% of those people will get back into a car, at least so far.