The center right party (Ensemble montréal) made the decision to remove the bike lanes following a proposal from the center left party (Projet montréal) in 2021…
I don’t think who they voted for even mattered in this case
The previous Mayor of Montreal, who ran for Projet Montréal campaigned partly on expanding bike lanes and followed through on several major bike lane projects.
I don’t know the history of this specific bike lane, but I know it’s a small street that normally doesn’t get a ton of traffic. It’s a perfect street to host a bike lane, but it’s a somewhat upper-class neighborhood and the residents want their street parking, and bikes are for the poor.
That’s what seems strange as well. I remember seeing the mayor getting praised for the new bike lanes too. Kinda made me wonder if Ensemble Montréal was lying for a second, but if they were, it would’ve been easily disproven.
So let me get this straight:
The center right party (Ensemble montréal) made the decision to remove the bike lanes following a proposal from the center left party (Projet montréal) in 2021…
I don’t think who they voted for even mattered in this case
The previous Mayor of Montreal, who ran for Projet Montréal campaigned partly on expanding bike lanes and followed through on several major bike lane projects.
I don’t know the history of this specific bike lane, but I know it’s a small street that normally doesn’t get a ton of traffic. It’s a perfect street to host a bike lane, but it’s a somewhat upper-class neighborhood and the residents want their street parking, and bikes are for the poor.
That’s what seems strange as well. I remember seeing the mayor getting praised for the new bike lanes too. Kinda made me wonder if Ensemble Montréal was lying for a second, but if they were, it would’ve been easily disproven.