Promises made over dangerous corner
Following the death of a cyclist Monday at Park and Mont‑Royal, both major municipal parties are promising improvements at what’s always been a tricky intersection. Denis Coderre’s solution, of adding a roundabout at that spot, seems notably outré even for him.
Blork 21:54 on 2021-09-28 Permalink
Oh FFS. That will take a tricky intersection and turn it into a chaotic intersection. And make it completely impassible for bicycles!
Kate 21:56 on 2021-09-28 Permalink
See comments below about another Coderre story from today, Blork.
DeWolf 08:58 on 2021-09-29 Permalink
La Presse has an article today in which Coderre says this is all Valérie Plante’s fault, that everything has gotten worse over the past four years, and when Projet was in opposition they were super mean to him about cyclist safety. Then the article neatly contradicts him by pointing out that cyclist deaths were much higher when he was in office, and even higher before that.
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/justice-et-faits-divers/2021-09-29/cycliste-tue-par-un-camionneur-a-montreal/c-etait-previsible-et-c-etait-evitable.php
// Selon le candidat à la mairie de Montréal Denis Coderre, la situation a empiré depuis 2017. « Malheureusement, dans les quatre dernières années, il y a encore plus de décès [chez les] cyclistes notamment », a-t-il dit mardi, en décochant une flèche sentie à l’endroit de Valérie Plante. Peu après, M. Coderre a d’ailleurs affirmé que l’« opposition de l’époque qui aujourd’hui est à l’administration [le] traitait de tous les noms et ils n’ont rien fait eux autres non plus ».
Les chiffres montrent pourtant le contraire. Depuis que Valérie Plante est mairesse, 7 cyclistes sont morts sur les routes de la métropole, contre 11 sous Denis Coderre. Dans les quatre années précédentes, soit de 2010 à 2013, on en avait recensé 19. //
Coderre is a liar and an egomaniac. You can’t trust anything that comes out of his mouth.
Jeff 10:21 on 2021-09-29 Permalink
I was biking around the other day, and I feel like on his campaign posters in french neighbourhoods, he has a big beard and moustache, but in other neighbourhoods, he is clean shaven. This guy is BS.
j-elventybillionandone 17:41 on 2021-09-29 Permalink
@Jeff that’s interesting. Is there a reason why beard + moustache would connect more with francophones and clean-shaven with anglo / allophones? He certainly has been clean-shaven in all of his public appearances.
dhomas 02:45 on 2021-09-30 Permalink
I live in a pretty francophone area and I’ve only ever seen clean shaven Coderre.
Kate 09:13 on 2021-09-30 Permalink
Yes, same here. In fact, I can’t say I’ve ever seen Coderre with a beard.
MarcG 14:35 on 2021-09-30 Permalink
Maybe it was very well executed graffiti?
david82 03:34 on 2021-10-01 Permalink
If they really wanted to sort out that Parc/Mount Royal intersection, they’d buy up that service station and turn it into a tower. Get rid of that type of traffic and you’re getting rid of like 2/3 of the dangerous pedestrian/automobile interactions.