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I'm looking at the bigger picture of bike paths in Montreal not just de'maisoneuve blvd, i'm in Lasalle and almost every street has double wide bike paths, bike paths go from Old Montreal to St Anne de Belleview yet bicyclists insist on driving on the roads holding up traffic when the bike path is less than 10ft away.
IMO Montreals obsession with bike paths is just one reason for Montreals traffic chaos,i'd say the main reason is just too many cars for the infrastructure to support and too much poorly planned construction projects where in many cases even the detours are under construction.
I'm looking at the bigger picture of bike paths in Montreal not just de'maisoneuve blvd, i'm in Lasalle and almost every street has double wide bike paths, bike paths go from Old Montreal to St Anne de Belleview yet bicyclists insist on driving on the roads holding up traffic when the bike path is less than 10ft away.
IMO Montreals obsession with bike paths is just one reason for Montreals traffic chaos,i'd say the main reason is just too many cars for the infrastructure to support and too much poorly planned construction projects where in many cases even the detours are under construction.
Hence why I believe public transportation is in dire need of expansion. The metro needs to go farther West, well beyond Snowdon, and I believe a line needs to extend to Brossard. I understand there is a proposal for a light rail system, which would be GREAT, but it seems that is still quite a few years from happening.
Light rail's cheap (relatively). But presents all sorts of traffic problems itself. When people push it, they never dwell on its problems. Buses are cheaper and free of some of the problems. They do hold up auto traffic some, but they don't present the erratic behavior typical of most bicyclists. To me when driving, the signifcant probability of hitting an unskilled or just undisciplined bicyclist makes my safe driving harder. Bus operators have training. That's a key difference.
Light rail's cheap (relatively). But presents all sorts of traffic problems itself. When people push it, they never dwell on its problems. Buses are cheaper and free of some of the problems. They do hold up auto traffic some, but they don't present the erratic behavior typical of most bicyclists. To me when driving, the signifcant probability of hitting an unskilled or just undisciplined bicyclist makes my safe driving harder. Bus operators have training. That's a key difference.
Keep in mind the road space is designed to be SHARED by all users and modes of transport, not just auto traffic. Just because automobiles occupy the most amount of precious public space does not mean it has sole right to navigate as it sees fit. Bikes, scooters, cars, buses, streetcars/LRTs (in the case of Toronto) all have a fair share of the road space. I always cringe when drivers complain about LRTs/bikes taking up a portion of the road space, when single-occupancy vehicles occupy the most amount of road space per capita - and that is not counting the thousands of occupied and unoccupied parking spots on every street. When you add all of that together, from a city planning and public utility perspective, single-occupancy vehicles become the most inefficient use of our public realm on a per capita and actual utilization rate basis.
As of Jan 20, this project is put on hold due to lack of EA and funding, as per Quebec's environment ministry.
No, it's not on hold, there is a team of 400 professionals working on this project at the CDPQ and both the premier Couillard and mayor Coderre have said repeatedly that the project is to go ahead, full steam. The BAPE's only power is to issue a recommendation. They weren't even against the project, they basically said they didn't have enough info to make an informed decision.
I really think the compact freeway design is cool, it reminds me of NJ route 495 (the freeway that leads to the Lincoln Tunnel to Manhattan)
I believe so.
I also like this design, though. It seems very convenient in that it doesn't interfere with the local roads. Crossings are easy in that there is no elevation required since the expressway runs underneath everything.
I'm not too familiar with the 495, but it reminds me of the Grand Central in Queens.
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