Parking in bike paths: more ticketing promised
The city is promising to ramp up ticketing of vehicles blocking bike paths.
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DeWolf 11:07 on 2022-08-10 Permalink
This is the result of a pilot project that launched in May to target vehicles blocking the REV St-Denis. I’m not sure why the city needs a pilot project to enforce laws already on the books. If anything, it’s a testament to the everyday dysfunction of traffic management in this city.
Still, it’s good that the pilot project was a success and now it’s being expanded to streets that really need it. I rarely come across vehicles blocking the path on St-Denis (although apparently the city has been issuing an average of seven tickets a day just on that street), but other streets are awful. Especially Peel, where the new bike path is grade-separated. It’s higher than the roadway but lower than the sidewalk, which means that vehicles that park on it force cyclists to go over the curb to get around, which is both annoying and dangerous.
Ultimately we need more hard barriers between bike paths and the road. Cars are like an invasive species… they will eventually take over and suffocate any space to which they are given access.
Blork 11:45 on 2022-08-10 Permalink
It’s more than 30 years ago, but:
https://flic.kr/p/RsYxNb
Matthew 13:11 on 2022-08-10 Permalink
@DeWolf, I was riding on a new grade-separated bike path on Ottawa street where two cars were parked. As it is a small trafficked one-way I tried to ‘reboard’ the bike path and due to the angle I approached the mini-curb I fell off my bike resulting in two fractures to my pelvis. I am still recovering 5 weeks post-accident, but you said it right: it’s dangerous!
DeWolf 16:58 on 2022-08-10 Permalink
@Blork, I think about that photo of yours every time I pass in front of the police station on Rachel! That’s something you still see a lot in New York but thankfully not here anymore.
@Matthew, sorry to hear about your injury. That’s exactly why there needs to be very strict enforcement, particularly on the new grade-separated paths. Any driver who is such an idiot that he thinks it’s okay to leave his car after *mounting a curb* deserves whatever fine he can get.
qatzelok 19:25 on 2022-08-10 Permalink
I really think the city needs some permanent **Stationnement-Montréal cops-on-bikes** to patrol the downtown and central neighborhoods 7 days a week, from 7 am to midnight.
This is also a job that I would like to do myself. (CV enclosed)
Orr 21:46 on 2022-08-10 Permalink
The Gazette wants retired workers to go back to work, and ticketing vehicles parked in bike paths (and handicapped parking spots) is a job that I would enjoy very much. I don’t need a salary, just give me 25% of the tickets. Can’t be a worse deal for the city than what they pay to private companies who issue parking tickets.
steph 14:54 on 2022-08-11 Permalink
Why not make it an app and let everyone participate at flagging and giving tickets. “sorry this vehicle has already been ticketed”