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Winnipeg residents frustrated with unusable sidewalk after snowplowing
People living along Ross Avenue W. in Winnipeg have complained to the city numerous times after snowplows left large piles of ice all over the sidewalk. Now much of it is inaccessible to pedestrians, and people using walkers or wheelchairs have no safe option.
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7114952?cmp=rss

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Feb 24

WTTW: ‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming Contest. “A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows ‘Abolish ICE,’ clearly linking the humorous pun to efforts to oppose President Donald Trump’s mass deportation effort, won the city’s annual snowplow naming contest, officials announced.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/24/wttw-abolish-ice-caleb-chilliams-among-winners-of-annual-snowplow-naming-contest/

WTTW: ‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming Contest

WTTW: ‘Abolish ICE’, ‘Caleb Chilliams’ Among Winners of Annual Snowplow Naming Contest. “A push to name one of Chicago’s snowplows ‘Abolish ICE,’ clearly linking the humorous pun …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

News Beep Feb 21

‘No one deserves this’: Ontario snowplow operator attack sparks concern

A confrontation between a City of Peterborough snowplow operator and a resident has resulted in an assault charge…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #CA #Canada #PublicWorker #Snowplows #WorkerSafety
https://www.newsbeep.com/403960/

Nelson Jan 21

@ascentale @bikenite
Does anyone have experience plowing snow using a bicycle? The best source of inspiration I've found is this article, but it doesn't have detailed build instructions: https://flatbike.com/blogs/cyclist/snow-plow-bike

I have a frontloader cargo bike that seems like it would be ideal to me, the Riese and Müller Load4 75 Vario: https://www.cyclingelectric.com/reviews/riese-and-muller-load4-75-vario-reviewed

But I imagine lowering and raising a plow to be mechanically complex and finicky, and I would love tips.
#BikeNitePQ #bicycles #snowplows #WinterBiking

How to convert a bike into a snow plow

Across most of the US and Canada right now, cities are digging themselves out from the first “snowmageddon” of the winter. Highways and streets are getting plowed. Pedestrian sidewalks are getting shoveled and de-iced to keep walkers upright. Bikeways? Not so much. If they’re protected, there’s no equipment small enoug

Flatbike

Steve's Place Jan 15

Portland is holding another contest to name some more snowplows! When we have the climate of San Diego, I'm not sure what we'll be naming then, but here are the candidates in a poll! Now everyone in the Fediverse has a chance to offer Portland our valuable opinions!

#Portland #PDX #snow #snowplows

Plowell Butte (for Powell Butte)

7.7%

Plowell's Books (for Powell's Books)

15.4%

A Sleetcar Named Deicer

53.8%

Froze City

23.1%

Poll ended at Jan 22 at 2:17am.

ResearchBuzz: Firehose Nov 29

Maps Mania: The McGritter Tracker is Back!. “By 6:00 AM this morning, Skate Bush could already been seen trundling up that hill, and Sled Zeppelin was hard at work sanding the stairway to Leven. Yes, Traffic Scotland’s Gritter Tracker is back in action – your one-stop, salt-powered, pun-splattered window into the heroic world of gritters battling Scotland’s icy roads.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/11/29/maps-mania-the-mcgritter-tracker-is-back/