Walking / Marche
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Citizens mobilize to allow train track crossing
Dozens of citizens mobilized last Sunday to demand a level train track crossing between Mile End and Petite Patrie neighbourhoods. The fence along the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Commuting snapshots across the Spacing map
Source: Statistics Canada By Emily Richardson — cross-posted from Spacing Atlantic Despite dramatic differences in population, density, infrastructure...
By Spacing -
Terrace troubles in the Plateau
When Projet Montreal was elected in the Plateau Mont Royal last winter, the candidates promised active, animated, and human-centered streets. Sidewalk...
By Alanah Heffez -
Événement: Conférence sur la piétonnisation et l’avenir de l’avenue Mont-Royal
l’Association Locale d’Arrondissement de Projet Montréal sur le Plateau Mont-Royal vous invite à une conférence débat sur le thème...
By Devin Alfaro -
Walk Score revisited : votre adresse, est-elle favorable à la marche ?
Un ami m’a récemment offert de prêter sa voiture pour une semaine. Lors de cette proposition, j’étais ruisselant de joie. Imaginer la liberté : je...
By Émile Thomas -
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 -
Natural Paths
This post is a special submission from Daniel Rotsztain, a student of Urban Geography at McGill University. When walking through Montreal, we cannot deny...
By Spacing -
Mont Royal Ave’s first flirtation with pedestrianization
Summer 1970: Montreal’s first mall. Not the suburban kind of mall we’ve grown to dread, but a pedestrian shopping area in the heart of the...
By Alanah Heffez -
Pigeon Toes + Wet Cement
“City pigeons are the product of domestication – but exist somewhere between tame and wild. Their traces in wet cement remind us that human and...
By Alanah Heffez -
État d’urgence
Arguably the biggest public space event of the year. Montreal-based arts collective ATSA (Action Terroriste Socialement Acceptable) is hosting État...
By Adam Bemma -
1ière avenue, part 4: Rosemont/St-Michel
Perhaps the recent launch of Google Street View for Canadian cities has made my trips to the many 1ière avenues of Montreal somewhat unnecessary. A visit...
By Chris Erb -
St. Henri Art Walk
Featured in an article in the Gazette, the St. Henri Art Walk begins today. The tour of over 70 artist studios takes you behind the scenes of “this...
By Timea Jakab