The weather report calls for 0.15 ft (5 cm) of snow tomorrow. From experience, I know that the first snow always causes problems for public transport, motorists and pedestrians.
If this season is like the last 5 years, the bike lanes will be freshly plowed and completely free of snow and ice already tomorrow morning, while the road lanes will be plowed during the day. The sidewalks will not be plowed at all for the first week.
I cannot understand how the ruling politicians in Sweden's capital can prioritize cycle lanes in a city in northern Europe. The priority should be sidewalks for several reasons. An obvious reason is to avoid fractures, which means both an increased burden on the healthcare system and personal suffering. In addition to this, there are many elderly people who walk with walkers who cannot even get to the grocery store to buy food when the sidewalks are not plowed.
Given that Sweden has the fifth highest tax burden in the world, sidewalks and roads should be able to be plowed simultaneously several times a day. I see no gain whatsoever in plowing the bike lanes in winter. The fact that cycle paths are not just plowed but have the highest priority is due to the Green Party.
Since October 2022, it is the Social Democrats, together with the Green Party, that govern the city of Stockholm. Between 2018 and 2022, it was the Green Party together with the Moderate Coalition Party that governed the city of Stockholm. I'm not a fan of the Green Party.
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