The snowplows are THE WORST for pedestrians. They plow it up onto the sidewalk and in the bike lane such that some days I want snowshoes and poles to walk with - someone in a wheelchair or with a walker couldn't make it through at all. It's literally trapping them inside! When I have to climb a mountain of snow at the corner to be able to cross the street ...it's just ridiculous.
Here in Denver, we've already had 60something deaths of bicyclists this year - more than all last year already - and people are still complaining that they don't want a protected bike lane on their street WHERE SOMEONE JUST DIED because they think it will be "unsightly." People are so selfish and shallow and uncaring it makes me mad. A couple of weeks after that bicyclist died, someone caught video of a van tipping over and rolling a half a block away from where she was hit - so it's not a safe street for cars, either - and still people are like, "but mah aesthetics." RAWR