bicyclebartek.bsky.social
I’m here to talk shop about bike lanes, street design, and urban mobility in Montreal and beyond.
👤 Joined on 14 November 2024
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@bicyclebartek.bsky.socialProtected intersections are hard to imagine if you’ve never used them, but once you have, they start to feel frustratingly missing whenever they’re absent.
Show PostMy mother-in-law, who hadn't been on a bicycle since the 1980s, visited us last year and we biked to toddler swimming class together. She's now biking 40 minutes to work everyday in Montreal because she has a separated bike lane the whole way there.
Show PostChronique de @francoisjoly.bsky.social avec @niedesrochers.bsky.social sur l'intersection protégée Christophe-Colomb/Belleasse @villedemontreal.montreal.ca recueille des données sur le déneigement, la sécurité et l'accessibilité universelle #velomtl #mobilitéactive #revmtl #montreal Pour écouter ⤵️
Show PostAnd take the pledges of half a billion with a grain of salt. As Jean-François Rheault, of @velo.qc.ca puts it: « Des promesses sur 10 ans, c’est des promesses de taverne. » "Ten-year promises are the kind of promises people make on a bar-stool."
Show PostNon seulement c’est possible de bien déneiger le nouvel aménagement cyclable à l’intersection Christophe-Colomb / Bellechasse, mais regardez à quel point c’est bien pour les piétons : ils n’ont pas à traverser un lac ou un montage de slush.
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