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You’d think a place like Winnipeg would know the value of underground tunnels

I live on the Assiniboine near the Legislature, and see a fair number of people bike every day regardless.

When the river freezes deep enough, and they have the ice trail prepped like last year, there were lots. Depending on neighbourhood, it was actually quicker getting downtown in winter than in summer.

Remember to take into account different temperate zones when making blanket statements.

That's just construction and maintenance cost data. That doesn't change based on temperature zones.

In a city like Winnipeg where we historically have -20 to -40C temps for 6 months of the year

Iif you are using historical lows, Winnipeg has 7 months below -20°C.

bike paths aren't used as much.

When I was in Yellowknife, it was just easier and faster to cycle in the winter than to plug and preheat your car. But I'm sure there's a reason it can't work in a southern city; I've never been to Winnipeg.

Even if bike paths are only being used half the year (and you ignore my earlier comment about public transportation) Winnipeg budgeted $155.8 M for road maintenance in 2023 (it goes up every year). So if people drove half as much, you would save $200 per Winnipeg resident per year (and that's before provincial and federal injections). Where are my fiscal conservatives at!!

Nobody dare making a comment on the internet without taking Winnipeg into account!!