I’ve emailed about similar issues like snow clearing in the past, but never received a response. I suspect he’s been inundated by similar things in the last few months.

And the kicker is that these are all city-maintained paths, which were cleared to standard. It’s fine when the temperatures are consistent, but when it gets warm, this is what happens. They’re probably sick of seeing 311 reports on these same areas every year, but these conditions are downright...

Some great new luge tracks around my neighbourhood.

I always wonder if the guidelines/standards put into place at a time when the freeze-thaw cycles were less extreme? If so, it's time to review.

While a large number of roads are now down to bare pavement, this is what pedestrians and active transport commuters have to deal with.

It's mainly the paths/sidewalks that are cleared by the city down to a packed surface with a few cm of snowpack (not to bare surface). The weather yesterday was warm enough that most of the freezing rain melted/evaporated during the day, from those who cleared their walks down to the surface...

Well, unsurprisingly, all the shared-use paths around me are now doubling as skating rinks. Sigh. Nice weather, though.

Yep, and then there are the few weeks where they become skating rinks during the March/April thaw, especially the parts that refreeze overnight and in the shade. Meanwhile the residents/businesses/construction areas who have maintained a clear walk all winter will be fine.

I've been away for the last few weeks and in the meantime it looks like they've cleared all the sidewalks around me to a double-wide standard, including the area above, so kudos for that. Unfortunately, they also took out a light post in the process. Hard not to think that if this had been...

I've always thought the same. It's aggravating to see tire tracks made by private snow-clearing equipment driven through unplowed, city-maintained portions of a pathway, have them just do their portion, then leave. Extra salt in the wound when it it goes on for days while the city portion gets...

I mean it's a pretty sad indictment when 90% of the resident-maintained sidewalks in one given area are passable yet the one big city-maintained section(s) are the worst offenders.

Our snow clearing strategies have never really felt like an attempt to be proactive. Always a few days (or weeks) behind.

Same with the Ledcor-maintained sidewalks near the Capital Line construction. Perfectly clear and maintained, whereas the COE ones nearby are a complete mess.

This certainly doesn't do well to push back against the perception that the city doesn't care about anybody not in a motor vehicle. Here's a sidewalk under a 3-day priority schedule in my neighbourhood, plowed after it became impassable. Even worse now.

I know it's the holidays but the snow clearing after this last dump has been absolutely horrible. There are still some bus stops and large sections of sidewalks near parks/schools and shared use paths in the south that haven't been touched and are now totally unusable with 5-10cm of slush/loose...