Bikes / Vélo
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Active Transportation on the Rise Across the Region
Image: There sure do seem to be a lot more bikes on the road than there were 7 years ago…at least on the corner of Berri and Cherrier Last...
By Alanah Heffez -
PODCAST: Saving BIXI, Bronson Avenue, and our parks
LISTEN TO THE NEW SPACING RADIO PODCAST! While some parks are jam-packed with kids, dog walkers and seniors practicing Tai Chi, others are deserted and...
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Photo du jour : The Joy of Cycling
Airside is a British creative agency working across the disciplines of graphic design, illustration, digital, interactive, and moving image. « The Joy of...
By Émile Thomas -
1897 Bicycle Map of Montreal
1897 map of Montreal area cycling routes from the BANQ archives: the best cycling routes are indicated by dotted red lines while “normal”...
By Alanah Heffez -
The BIXI Gap
While our home-grown BIXI’s have taken off in London England and beyond, they have yet to hit the streets in many parts of Montreal, including my...
By Alanah Heffez -
To renew or not to renew
Je ne sais pas quoi faire. Renouveler ou ne pas renouveler mon abonnement BIXI. Et j’ai jusqu’au 31 juillet à prendre une décision. Lors de l’arrivée du...
By Émile Thomas -
Jump on da Bixi
Melbourne. London. Hip Hop videos. Bixi, the homegrown sensation, seems to be popping up everywhere. (Well, everywhere except NDG, Parc-Extension, North...
By Émile Thomas -
Making the Link: Is the marriage of cycling with transit the future of transportation?
Riding Portland’s LRT is a breeze with your bike – Image from Thomas Le Ngo’s Flickr page As North American urban planners grapple with...
By Jacob Larsen -
Commuting snapshots across the Spacing map
Source: Statistics Canada By Emily Richardson — cross-posted from Spacing Atlantic Despite dramatic differences in population, density, infrastructure...
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Bike deaths inspire vigils…and tickets
Concern about cycling safety is at a high after four cyclists were killed by vehicles on rural Quebec roads over the past week. Tomorrow, fourteen...
By Alanah Heffez -
A Bike Path Set in Stone
A bike path set in stone in the heart of Montreal is a lovely metaphor, but I just have one question… Is this for real? Fortunately, I have a friend...
By Alanah Heffez -
Flexible bike paths: Lessons from a mild winter
This post is a special submission from Daniel Rotsztain, a student of Urban Geography at McGill University. Also see his previous post on Spacing Montreal...
By Spacing