The public forum and the subsequent report helped to spur immediate operational improvements to winter maintenance in Ottawa, and helped ensure that a review of the city's winter maintenance quality standards would be undertaken this term of council (for the first time since 2003).
In an effort to further inform the city's review of winter maintenance standards our office undertook a survey of residents that focused on the experiences of pedestrians and bicyclists, and then produced a complimentary report, titled Staying Active in the Snow, based on those survey response for city staff to consider.