The ability to comfortably walk and roll in our communities should not be seasonal.
![Aerial shot of a person using a motorized plowing machine to clear snow on the sidewalk.](https://www.ourstreetsmn.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shutterstock_2037640517-2-1-scaled.jpg)
Snow or shine, everyone deserves accessible sidewalks.
We are asking the City of Minneapolis to fully fund a municipal sidewalk plowing program. Clear sidewalks year-round are worth the investment.
Accessible, safe, equitable sidewalks.
It’s more than a matter of “just shoveling.”
It’s worth the investment.
We plow for cars. We should plow for people.
61%
of Twin Cities voters would support a city-funded sidewalk plowing program
12,000
311 complaints about sidewalk conditions in winter 2022/2023—a record high.
< $100
A Minneapolis citywide municipal sidewalk plowing program would cost less than $100/year per resident