Tour de l’Île under chronic attack
This is a minor chronic story that never ends, because I’ve seen mention of it in media and social media on and off for years. A man who will remain nameless for Google’s sake has persuaded Côte St-Luc to ask the urban agglomeration to deny permits to the Tour de l’Île events unless they turn them into charity fundraisers. This idea has never gone anywhere because everyone knows the Tour events are about the sheer pleasure of cycling.
I’ve said before, in previous recensions of this blog, that if this man wants to have a charity event, he should create one himself and not try to co-opt a successful event started for other reasons. I still think so.
DeWolf 10:19 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
“I don’t think a bunch of cyclists should hog our roads and prevent people from getting to hospitals and blocking people from going to different parts of the city.”
That’s the CSL councillor pushing this forward. The charity thing is just a ruse. He’s actually just anti-cycling. “I wish they would make it go on the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit,” he says. He’s not even making an effort to understand why people enjoy cycling in the first place.
qatzelok 10:36 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
Cote St Luc’s idea of turning the Tour de l’Ile into “Doing loops of a race track to cure cancer” is extremely office-cubicle-centric.
dwgs 10:41 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
I listened to that person being interviewed on Daybreak yesterday. He sounds like a jerk through and through.
Joey 10:55 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
That quote is telling, DeWolf. “A bunch of cyclists” have no place on “our roads.”
Tim S. 11:05 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
I wonder how Westmount feels now that TMR and Cote-St-Luc are competing for the title of “most annoying anglo enclave.”
Chris 11:49 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
Roads predate cars, and bikes were there first. So really it’s the cars clogging up *our* roads.
Jack 12:04 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
Michael Cohen’s day job is as the director of communications for the English Montreal School Board. It makes you wonder why there is little to no groundswell of folks supporting our school boards when people like Mr.Cohen are the public face of these institutions. His stupidity on this issue is unmatched and his day job is to promote public education, it makes one wonder.
Bo Mark 17:58 on 2019-01-15 Permalink
We need a few more days a year when cars can prevent people from getting to hospitals and block people from going to different parts of the city. 365 days is not enough.
While we are at it, how about we force drivers to donate to Centrade when they register their vehicles.
You just have to use Mike Cohen’s logic.
Alex L 00:10 on 2019-01-16 Permalink
If we had a few more days like that, maybe fewer people would have to go to hospitals in the first place.
Ian 16:13 on 2019-01-16 Permalink
Shockingly both cars and cyclists are annoying to those of us rely on walking and public transit. 😉