To Shovel or Not?

To Shovel or Not? I live next to a street with a bike lane. After the recent storm I went out to shovel the sidewalk. I always do this. I saw that the City Plow had pushed snow and slush into the Bike Lane. So I shoveled and salted the bike lane for the block. A bicyclist riding down the lane stopped and yelled at me for doing this indicating that the bike lane was "safer" covered in Ice and Snow. Uh... should I stop? Its not that big a deal to shovel the bike lane for the block after a storm and the salt holds the ice down...

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Permalink Reply by Will on February 6, 2013 at 4:49pm

I make it a point never to yell at anyone who doesn't pose an imminent danger to me. Agreed, the cyclist was being an asshole.

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Permalink Reply by David crZven 10.6 on February 6, 2013 at 4:53pm

My salt claims to be PET Safe. I hit the sidewalk with salt real hard and now I'll hit the Bike Lanes harder as well. Its a little bit of a losing venture as cars keep tracking the stuff back into the Bike lanes..

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio 4.0 mi on February 6, 2013 at 6:41pm

Sand is 1)cheaper, 2)better for the environment, 3)safe for pets, and 4) no more difficult to put out than salt. We use sand around our house and on the public walk (after having shoveled of course).

Duppie 13.5185km said:

While it is OK to be concerned for the well being of pets, the safety of humans easily trumps any concern I may have. Therefore salting is part of my snow cleaning strategy.

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Permalink Reply by Dean Bekken on February 8, 2013 at 2:15pm

Thanks for trying... ya can't please everybody! The bitchin guy was wrong... when that shit melts, it will crack up into unnavigable chunks, so you did da right ting.

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Permalink Reply by paulcycles on February 23, 2013 at 3:07pm

Ditto.

I always shovel & salt if need be to clear ice.

Anne Alt said:

+1

Duppie 13.5185km said:

You should have stopped just long enough to smack him in the head with your shovel. ;)

BTW, Thank you very much for being a good neighbor. Please continue your good work