Bike paths remain a hot potato
A lot of people in NDG dislike the Terrebonne bike path and have been getting their opinion into the media with the help of the Statler and Waldorf of the West End – Lionel Perez and Marvin Rotrand, both of whom determinedly ignore the fact that these plans were made in haste by the city over a week or two when it suddenly came into focus that we were not going to have a normal summer.
Meantime the Christophe-Colomb path – meant, like the Terrebonne one, to be merely a temporary measure to make personal transportation safer till fall – is so popular that people along the route are agitating to have it turned into a permanent bike path.
mare 21:08 on 2020-09-01 Permalink
Of interest to bike riders and others who want a less car-centric city (e.g. most readers of this blog):
The city has an online survey on the voies actives sécuritaires (VAS). (They’re called “safe active transportation circuits (SATC)” in English which was new to me.)
Everyone should fill it out, maybe it helps. Available in French and English (top right)
https://observateur.qc.ca/sondage_vas_montreal
Kevin 23:12 on 2020-09-01 Permalink
Aren’t councillors supposed to represent the people?
Because whatever else, Marvin is a fanatic about that. Send him a message and you’ll get an answer back within a day. You can’t say that about many councillors in this city.
The other councillors in the borough have been far less responsive. People tell me that Peter Bicycle McQueen answers within a few days, and that Sue Montgomery sends out a form letter several weeks later.
The borough did set up a “survey” about the Terrebonne path after the fact.
It required a gmail account to access and had very loaded questions.