Wednesday's letters: Clearing the path less travelled

My wife and I recently went to the market at Old Strathcona. We parked a couple of blocks away and made our way to the market on snow-covered, slippery sidewalks and roadways but noticed that the bike lane was in pristine condition, cleaned down to the asphalt with not a cyclist in sight.
In fact, a lot of people took to walking on the bike lane as it was the safest surface in the area. I’m fine with bike lanes but when you consider that 99 per cent of the people at the market came by car