Nice. I found Montreal to be a strange place to ride a bicycle the one time I did, several years ago. It's an old city, and streets are narrow. Cyclists - generallly unhelmeted - ride surprisingly close to parked cars, as if being doored was not a thing. And maybe it isn't so much there - it sure is here in YVR. I could not personally adapt to that local cycling culture, though.
As far as I know - admittedly, unresearched - this is the only jurisdiction in North America where right on red is forbidden (but just on the island). Not sure if that's a hint to something deeper in the cyclist-motorist relationship, but I love that hard. On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 6:53 PM, Ross, Arthur via Bikies < [email protected]> wrote: > These types of guerilla actions go back to at least the mid 1970's. > Google "Bicycle Bob" Silverman of Montreal and the tactics of Le Monde à > Bicyclette in the 70's and 80's. > > Here is a recent article from April 2016 to get you started. Bob's health > is failing and his story needs to be re-told and live on. > > http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cycling-in- > montreal-qa-with-pioneering-activist-robert-bicycle-bob-silverman > > Cycling in Montreal: Q&A with pioneering activist Robert "Bicycle Bob" > Silverman > > Is it true you once spent time in jail for painting a bike path on a city > street? > > There was no bike path so we decided to paint our own. In 1975, we painted > Marie-Anne and St-Urbain Sts. It was a warm night. We had about 10 people > with rollers and no one was caught. The second time we painted the street, > in 1980, I was arrested. A squealer called the police. I was arrested and > there was a trial and I was convicted. I got a fine of $25 or eight days in > jail. I refused to pay and went to Bordeaux prison. They let me out after > three days. > > Arthur Ross, Pedestrian-Bicycle Coordinator > City of Madison, Traffic Engineering Division > 215 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd., Suite 100 > PO Box 2986 > Madison, WI 53701-2986 > 608-266-6225 > > ________________________________________ > From: Bikies <[email protected]> on behalf of Jym Dyer via > Bikies <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 7:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Bikies] Make Your Own Bike Lane > > > This tradition of guerrilla bike lane protection may have its > > roots in this action in Seattle: > http://www.seattlebikeblog.com/2013/04/04/guerrilla-road- > safety-group-politely- > installs-illegal-bike-lane-protectors-on-cherry-street/ > > =v= San Francisco has a long history of its own guerrilla bike > lane activity: > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/jym/3210388058/ > > I think the more immediate inspiration was a New York-based > group with the very similar Department of Transformation name. > There are a number of us who spend time in both cites. ;^) > <_Jym_> > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > -- S. Rose
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