Park Avenue to be made safer
SMF promised Friday to make Park Avenue safer all the way from Pine to Jean‑Talon. A period of reflection and consultation has been suggested over what to do next.
Plateau mayor Cathy Wong says it’s a vague announcement – she was hoping there was already enough information collected to move ahead with concrete plans for better cyclist and pedestrian safety.
SMF’s administration has a style, i.e. lots of public consultation, after which proposed new ideas will be set aside in favour of traffic fluidity and parking. In 2029, will we be looking back at four years of unimaginative status quo?
Joey 20:28 on 2026-06-12 Permalink
Too bad for Cathy Wong that Projet didn’t have two terms to redo Parc Ave.
DeWolf 13:39 on 2026-06-13 Permalink
It’s pretty significant that SMF has said she’s willing to consider removing a lane of traffic. The way Park is currently set up encourages drivers to speed.
DeWolf 13:46 on 2026-06-13 Permalink
Also just noticed that SMF has announced the plans for Berri will be redrawn. The current plans (which have already been tendered, with detailed technical drawings available online) call for one-way bike paths on either side of the street, similar to St-Denis, Pine or Peel. But SMF seems to be suggesting the bike path will be scaled back to remain the same bidirectional path that has existed for 30 years.
That’s terrible news because the existing path is overcrowded and dangerous at intersections — problems that would have been solved with two uni-directional paths. Which incidentally is global best practice for bike infrastructure.
Ian 16:19 on 2026-06-14 Permalink
Again, it’s too bad PM wasn’t in power for over a decade so all this critical bike infrastructure could have been implemented.
CE 09:54 on 2026-06-15 Permalink
Why PM never touched Parc in the 8 years they were in power will always be a mystery to me. They could have started by simply taking out the centre lane but absolutely nothing was done at all.
Ian 17:35 on 2026-06-15 Permalink
That lane switch makes no sense at all. Also worth noting the only part of Parc between Mont Royal and Van Horne not backed with a commercial alley is the short block between Laurier and Saint Joe – and only on teh east side. There is no reason for commercial trucks to need to unload up and down the whole street, and no reason for a switch lane.