Henri-Bourassa bike path opens
Just as the Henri-Bourassa REV opens on Sunday, TVA runs a piece about a business owner on the street who says she’s moving her shop out of town because the bike path has destroyed business. But she may get her revenge, as the city is likely to be dismantling cycling infrastructure over the next four years.
The image on the Cycling Magazine article, which reports a planned “citizen inauguration” of the Henri‑Bourassa REV on Sunday, is at odds with the snowy vista of reality.
Later, there was a report on the cyclist gathering that opened the REV on Sunday, cyclists clearly concerned they won’t have it for very long.
Blork 12:18 on 2025-11-16 Permalink
So… she says business has fallen because bike paths make it harder to park close to the store, so she’s going to relocate the store to the back of beyond 50km away, and she expects that will bring her customers back?
jeather 14:13 on 2025-11-16 Permalink
She’s also in two years of lowered business, which is well before the bike lane. And of course there’s also a bus lane, which in my experience also removes parking. It also looks like the store creates custom glass walls and showers etc, not the kind of thing you walk out carrying, because they do installation as well.
Kate 15:08 on 2025-11-16 Permalink
Seems some businesspeople who’ve realized that it’s no longer credible to blame their slump on Covid have switched to bike paths.
Blork 15:41 on 2025-11-16 Permalink
According to her Google reviews she’s been griping about bike paths for at least two years. (There’s a bike path on the perpendicular side street that runs up to HB.)
As jeather says, it’s a vitrerie, so it’s not like people are going to just drive over and pop in for a new custom chunk of glass. Although I supposed people pop in to discuss and make orders and whatnot. But are people NOT going to buy their custom glass thing just because they have to walk an extra half a block? Are they going to drive 50km into the woods to do so?
Jonathan 08:17 on 2025-11-17 Permalink
I think it’s worth noting that in the 2021 election the projet candidates for ahunstic Cartierville ran on a platform that included this Metrobus and REV as a topline item. So this talk about not listening to the people may be a bit exaggerated.