City to evaluate four bike paths
The city is to “re-evaluate” four bike paths including the well‑used one on Rachel.
Le Devoir makes it a dozen bike paths.
Adding Wednesday’s column from Maxime Bergeron on the “taboo” against dismantling bike paths.
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Joey 16:26 on 2026-02-10 Permalink
The Rachel bike path needs to be reimagined from the ground up, but I have zero confidence that this administration will engage in a thoughtful, serious exercise here.
DeWolf 18:56 on 2026-02-10 Permalink
There’s so much bad faith emanating from this administration I can’t imagine they’d improve anything for cyclists. Just look at their rationale for including Côte Ste-Catherine in the audit: it’s on a hill so cyclists go too fast. How exactly are they going to deal with that? Chicanes at every intersection?
Even if they’re sincere, any real audit of the four chosen paths will conclude they need to be expanded and intersections made safer. That will necessarily mean reducing space for cars. Given SMF’s clear cars-first stance, I don’t see how she’d be willing to go in that direction.
Ian 22:48 on 2026-02-13 Permalink
“it’s on a hill so cyclists go too fast. How exactly are they going to deal with that? Chicanes at every intersection?”
If drivers simply ignored stop signs and ran lights and went faster downhill because of “reasons” they would get tickets.
Maybe enforcing existing traffic rules is actually the solution… but of course nobody wants to plague the police with being forced to actually do their jobs, so shutting down bike paths is easier – and meanwhile traffic cops turn a blind eye.