A battle for every parking space?
Verdun wants to remove 275 parking spots to install a bike path, but some people will fight it; Villeray borough plans to follow suit with Outremont in making motorists pay to park. As usual with any change in parking, there is or will be an outcry.
John B 09:54 on 2019-06-05 Permalink
The Verdun bike lane sucks for the carpet store, it doesn’t look like there’s any convenient location in the back for a loading zone or anything, and the parking is being removed from his side of the street. This is the kind of business that legitimately needs a loading zone, and as a city dweller I don’t want to see it chased to the suburbs.
I’m surprised anyone drives to the casse-croute, though, and I suspect they could reach a whole new group of potential customers by supporting the bike project and promoting themselves as a place to stop for a beer & hotdog.
But it’s my side of the street too. Yes, when I rent a car to go out of town it’ll be a pain to load it up if I can’t park in front of my place, (and especially if there’s no nearby parking & everything has to be carried a block), but that means I’ll get to come & go on a bike without dodging as much traffic, and I won’t have to try to fit my bike & kid attachments between parked cars to get onto the street, and maybe the ratio of smiling people to cars on my street will increase.