Locally they dump snow on them in winter. At minus thirty for some reason we don't get many cyclists probably because of the snow banks on the paved shoulder. A cycle lane by the side of the road is different, they get ploughed in winter and even at minus thirty you see a few cyclists, I think its 4% of the summer numbers.<br>
<br>Local conditions vary, as a cyclist you want to know if the shoulder is paved its safer especially in the summer and they are paved specifically for cyclist but sort of seasonal.<br><br>Cheerio John<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On 22 June 2011 18:41, Simon Poole <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:simon@poole.ch">simon@poole.ch</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Am 23.06.2011 00:31, schrieb john whelan:<div class="im"><br>
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For Ottawa we had a problem with paved shoulders, you need them for a good cycle-map but they don't seem to have them in Europe. We also have multiuse paths which tagged with all sorts of things.<br>
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Nearly all motorways in Europe (that's a bit of a blanket statement) have paved shoulders, but (another blanket statement) since motorways are a big no no* for bicycles, they are not relevant for bicycle routing.<br>
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Simon<br>
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* and that is very very sensible<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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