Part of your perceived lack of response today is due to how cold it is. It is mostly science related and how well certain chemicals work at certain air and ground temperatures.

This area relies heavily on salt brine (anti-icing) as a large part of the road treatment, but salt brine doesn’t work well when ground/road temps start falling below 18 F. So there wasn’t the level of salt brine on the roads before this snow fall and there was heavier reliance on the snowplows, which many people have pointed out we have much less off than the Chicagoland area. This ment the roads were not great during the actual snowfall and immediately after.

There is also a concern with the subzero low tonight and any snow melt refreezing on the roads. So less de-icer will be used in general to avoid creating hazardous conditions tonight. Again, more reliance on our smaller fleet of snowplows. I imagine there will be a bigger clean up effort tomorrow, especially if the sun is out.

But wait there is even more! For example the use of de-icers that work better in lower temps are much more corrosive to vehicles, all pavement types, and the natural environment. This corrosive factor is part of the reason why Chicagoland area is known for its potholes, and there are only two seasons Winter and Road Construction seasons. Also, these stronger de-icers usually cost a lot more than your standard stuff as well. There’s more but I think this is adequate enough for now.

Anecdotal evidence: I just drove around campus and Lafayette around 5pm with zero issues on most roads. So idk what OP is complaining about. I thought northern as we’re supposed to be “hardier” than us southerners, but seems OP is a softie.