Long range transmission is a solved problem. Check out Hydro Québec. The majority of their production happen 700+ km away from Montréal and Québec City.
Above roads sounds like a good idea, until you realize how often drivers hit stuff.
I don't wipe down at work, but I've got a hose in my garage at home. I just give it a rise and lube every week or two. My work also uses gravel instead of salt; and the city has been leaning away from salt, so that reduces the damage a fail bit.
I've never hit a patch of ice by surprise, so when I see them coming up I put my feet over the sides to catch myself if I fall and throttle my way through if I can't glide the whole way. Kiddo goes in the trailer for the winter since the bigger safety risk is tipping, also keeps her out of the wind. Come to think of it, the strong winds here is probably what keeps my routes clear more than anything else.
I haven't done studded tires yet, haven't found it necessary, but my radbike has wide tires to begin with, and I pressure down to 30 psi.
Once I switched to an ebike, wind never bothers me, and îl ride until -25° windchill. That cutoff is because that's the temperature daycare stops putting my kid outside. Once she can better express and dress herself well be able to push that limit.
Otherwise, there were a handful of days i didnt ride because the roads were cleared, but none of ym bike paths yet. Calgary probably has better route clearance that Kingston ON (at least based on what ive seen watching Shifter).
My personal suggestion is to try riding in the winter, but it's not a competition, take transit instead if you want. I didn't even intend to ride in the winter, I just didn't stop.
I've had good luck with my automatic electrocution traps. My toddler can't get in there, and I got sick to having to manually kill 5 mice a week from the no kill traps.
Diversify yo bonds