Late report on cyclist death
A young man was killed on his bicycle in Westmount a month ago, and it seems odd it wasn’t reported anywhere till now. And this piece is mostly about a tony Westmount street and its traffic problems.
Police are quoted here saying this was the first cyclist to die in a collision with a vehicle on the island of Montreal since September 2018.
Michael Black 11:01 on 2020-07-18 Permalink
No, I saw the story before. Either in the Gazette, or maybe I saw it in the news, probably CFCF. And a few days after tge actual incident.
But this CBC story is lengthier, with the parents and mostly about the cyclist who was killed.
Chances are pretty good that there won’t be another cyclist killed on that street, and certainly not in a ?long time. it’s a quiet street that can’t get much traffic, look at the map. Far better to deal with ongoing problems, than patch this one up. Good to see Lambert’s ghost bike group is present.
Kate 11:37 on 2020-07-18 Permalink
The only news reference I can find from last month is this CP story on the site of the Vancouver Province saying a cyclist was injured on Forden Avenue. Usually there’s a little more notice taken of cyclists killed in traffic here, when it happens, and not a month later.
DeWolf 21:19 on 2020-07-18 Permalink
There was quite a lot of discussion about this on the Vélo d’hiver Facebook group, but I can’t recall the news sources and the FB search function is awful. It seems to be back in the news because Westmount is going to rearrange the street to calm traffic.
Michael Black 22:57 on 2020-07-18 Permalink
The CP story was definitely at the Gazette site, I haven’t realized it was a month ago. I’m pretty sure it was actually in the paper, but maybe it was just the website.
Keep in mind that Daniel Lambert pops up any time there”s an opportunity, seemingly printed up some organization name as needed. Westmount, NDG, Montreal, I think sometimes the name includes pedestrians, but not always.
So he seems to be driving this. He reacts, but reacts to an incident rather than knowing the ongoing situation. He’s no expert. I really don’t know why the press doesn’t challenge his ghost organization. He’s just some guy who is noisy.
Changing corners piece by piece will never save cyclists.