[mproud]

Hmm, that’s an interesting question. Most of the studies only focus on auto traffic. I know the Twin Cities metro area fares good enough to be outside the top 10 worst (http://www.forbes.com/pictures/lmj45mlei/no-1-san-francisco-... http://time.com/2849442/worst-traffic/ etc.) which I think it’s because of three factors — population size, lack of density, and highways with BRT and HOV lanes.

As far as the winters go… it’s kind of a roll of the die. Sometimes we have very mild winters where it barely snows at all. And then other years we get brutal weather like last winter, which forces rare parking restrictions where you can only park on one side of the street. However, when it does snow, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Mn/DOT are incredibly efficient when it comes to plowing streets and highways.