Remember to take into account different temperate zones when making blanket statements.

That's just construction and maintenance cost data. That doesn't change based on temperature zones.

In a city like Winnipeg where we historically have -20 to -40C temps for 6 months of the year

Iif you are using historical lows, Winnipeg has 7 months below -20°C.

bike paths aren't used as much.

When I was in Yellowknife, it was just easier and faster to cycle in the winter than to plug and preheat your car. But I'm sure there's a reason it can't work in a southern city; I've never been to Winnipeg.

Even if bike paths are only being used half the year (and you ignore my earlier comment about public transportation) Winnipeg budgeted $155.8 M for road maintenance in 2023 (it goes up every year). So if people drove half as much, you would save $200 per Winnipeg resident per year (and that's before provincial and federal injections). Where are my fiscal conservatives at!!