Some towns in the Netherlands are considering geothermally heated bike lanes to melt ice & snow. Why can’t Detroit have geothermally heated bike lanes?*
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2012/10/invention-we-wish-we-had-heated-bike-lanes/3706/#
From Emily Badger of The Atlantic. The article includes some interesting if unsurprising charts of seasonal riding patterns for Finland, Quebec & the Washington D.C. area.
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