Comments on: If You Build It, They WILL Come: Bike Paths Lead to Increase in Cycling in Montreal https://averagejoecyclist.com/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-bike-paths-lead-to-increase-in-cycling-in-montreal/ A Blog for Average People who LOVE to ride bikes! Wed, 10 Jan 2018 03:28:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: Average Joe Cyclist https://averagejoecyclist.com/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-bike-paths-lead-to-increase-in-cycling-in-montreal/#comment-1853 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:20:47 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=2423#comment-1853 In reply to Adriana.

Hi Adriana. Yes, I am quite certain that is a big part of Bixi’s success in Montreal. We cycled there last summer, and LOVED the combination of Bixi’s and separated bike lanes – I actually did a post about Bixis and another about the separated bike lanes in Montreal. We were incredibly impressed, and will go back to Montreal just for the fun of being able to vacation without cabs!

]]> By: Adriana https://averagejoecyclist.com/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-bike-paths-lead-to-increase-in-cycling-in-montreal/#comment-1844 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:24:15 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=2423#comment-1844 The lane system in Montreal is very impressive – in addition to the physically separated lanes they have in downtown they use parked cars to separate cyclists from traffic:

http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&client=firefox-a&q=5064+Papineau+Montr%C3%A9al+Qu%C3%A9bec&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=5064+Avenue+Papineau,+Montreal,+Communaut%C3%A9-Urbaine-de-Montr%C3%A9al,+Quebec+H2H+1V9&ll=45.53166,-73.583178&spn=0.000909,0.002368&t=h&z=19&layer=c&cbll=45.531587,-73.583024&panoid=svcx5Kv47kql-QjfGNTNow&cbp=12,307.19,,0,10.2

It makes it feel much safer to cycle – arguably a big reason why bixi has worked so well.

]]> By: Average Joe Cyclist https://averagejoecyclist.com/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-bike-paths-lead-to-increase-in-cycling-in-montreal/#comment-1839 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:13:29 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=2423#comment-1839 You know there is some talk that Vancouver will get Bixi … not sure how accurate that is. It makes perfect sense – if Montreal can sustain a Bixi system, surely Vancouver can. In fact, Vancouver just seems like a perfect city for Bixi, especially now that we have the separated bike lanes.

]]> By: Alex P https://averagejoecyclist.com/if-you-build-it-they-will-come-bike-paths-lead-to-increase-in-cycling-in-montreal/#comment-1838 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 05:38:32 +0000 https://averagejoecyclist.com/?p=2423#comment-1838 No doubt we’ll see some good numbers in Vancouver in the next year as well. Montreal is lucky to have Bixi though, many a time when I’ve taken the bus or walked to downtown I wished I’d had a Bixi bike or something there to use.

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