Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Montreal

Cycling Through COVID-19: Montreal and Vancouver

By Ralph Buehler | Oct 18, 2022 | No Comments

How did two of North America's leading cycling cities take care of their riders during COVID-19? Hint: pop-up bike lanes, school streets, and other innovations — many of which are now being made permanent.

SEE IT! Montréal Offers Lessons for All Cities That Want Safer, Better, More Livable Streets

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 16, 2021 | No Comments

No wonder they call it the Great White North. Check out these two short films from the Paris of North America.

A crowded Manhattan sidewalk on April 22, 2020. Photo: Aliza Yaillen

This Is Not an Opinion Column: New York’s Sidewalks Really Are Too Narrow

By Leila Hawa | Apr 23, 2020 | No Comments

A transportation planner's maps show the perils of walking in the age of social distancing. Give us the space we need, Mr. Mayor!

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Montreal’s New Mayor Orders Up a Big Increase in Bus Service

By Angie Schmitt | Mar 15, 2018 | No Comments

The city will increase the size of its bus fleet 16 percent, part of a plan to add service on existing routes, expand service to new routes, and prioritize buses with dedicated lanes.

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In Montreal, an Electrifying Win for a Long-Shot Who Campaigned on Better Transit and Cycling

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 9, 2017 | No Comments

Valérie Plante, a political outsider, promised to add more bus service and protected bike lanes as mayor.

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Montreal’s Car-Free Street Network Gets Bigger All the Time

By Angie Schmitt | Jan 23, 2017 | No Comments

Every year, Montreal transforms more of its streets into public spaces where people can rub shoulders with their neighbors without worrying about car traffic. Block by block, experiment by experiment, the city's pedestrian streets are growing.

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