I have not biked in Montreal since the early 1990’s, but hope to be there in February for the 2017 Winter Cycling Congress. See http://www.velo.qc.ca/wcc/en/home Anyone else thinking snow yet?
New York City is the only place in the US of A where right turn on red is universally prohibited unless signed to permit it. Arthur From: Bikies [mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org] On Behalf Of Scott Morris Rose via Bikies Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 9:07 PM To: bik...@danenet.org Subject: Re: [Bikies] Make Your Own Bike Lane 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 <bikies@lists.danenet.org<mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>> 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<tel:608-266-6225> ________________________________________ From: Bikies <bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org<mailto:bikies-boun...@lists.danenet.org>> on behalf of Jym Dyer via Bikies <bikies@lists.danenet.org<mailto:bikies@lists.danenet.org>> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2016 7:37 PM To: bik...@danenet.org<mailto:bik...@danenet.org> 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 Bikies@lists.danenet.org<mailto:Bikies@lists.danenet.org> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org _______________________________________________ Bikies mailing list Bikies@lists.danenet.org<mailto:Bikies@lists.danenet.org> http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org -- S. Rose
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