It's hard. WheelTrans and cabs are often a transportation lifeline for the disabled, which means both streets and sidewalks have to be cleaned in addition to actual stopping locations and curbside entries. So you're dealing with cleaning at three different machine scales–truck plows for streets, mini plows for sidewalks and snow blowers/shovels for fine curbside work (often left up to the property owner). These three things simply do not work at the same speed. A truck plow can clear a 1km in the order of minutes. The same can't be said for the sidewalk plow. To add, either street and sidewalk plows will inevitably lead to creating additional mess for the other. If the sidewalks get cleared but not the streets, accessibility goes out the window once you hit the corner anyway.
I have a good view of Jarvis, and was able to watch a two-lane, two-plow formation go down the street in several passes. The snow was so thick in areas, that the curbside plows were literally getting stuck having to push the left-hand truck's snow and their own. They would be moving along and just quickly and unexpectedly come to a complete stop; have to reverse and make multiple attempts to break the snow up enough to be able to progress. No doubt the sidewalk plows have similar problems once the street plows have shoved so much onto their plates.
I have disabled people in my life, and while I wish more could be done, "You should've done more faster" isn't always possible.
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