I tend to wimp out and drive if there's much snow or ice on the ground , but when I do ride, I tend to take a different route. Most of it is on a trail (the Cedar River Trail) that runs by the river and apart from some intersections, I don't have to worry about interacting with cars. However, the 1/3 or so closest to work is still shared with cars, and probably has the most pedestrian-unfriendly intersections possible.

I get "raised eyebrow" looks from most people when I say that I'd rather take streets than the trail to work, but at least with those streets, I'm riding with the cars and within their main field of view, rather than at the periphery, waiting for the rare chance to cross.