{"id":1444,"date":"2008-09-24T01:16:30","date_gmt":"2008-09-24T05:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/09\/24\/images-of-a-car-free-future\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:59:47","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:59:47","slug":"images-of-a-car-free-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/09\/24\/images-of-a-car-free-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Images of a Car-Free Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been much criticism of the City&#8217;s and the AMT&#8217;s half-hearted &#8216;journ\u00e9e sans voiture&#8217; which took place Monday. Perhaps rightly so, given its toothless roads closures (timed not to interrupt rush-hour traffic) and the fact that the STM was not even willing to support the event by offer free rides for the day, as in past years. Those displeased with this lackluster showing should have come to the &#8216;Die-In&#8217;, an annual cycle advocacy event which draws attention to the handful of cyclists killed or injured in our city each year. According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.journalmetro.com\/Linfo\/article\/115921\">one report<\/a>, 1 522 pedestrians and 798 cyclists were injured by cars in 2007, a number which is likely underestimated given the number of unreported incidents.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3035\/2881539211_ca509d2322.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The event attracted a variety of species endangered by cars and their atmospheric effects.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3017\/2882375238_19cfffdc79.jpg\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At the corner of McGill College and Ste. Catherine, over 2oo people lay down to observe seven minutes of relative silence. Passers-by were, for the most part, curious and respectful. I found the effect eerie and powerful. I&#8217;ve been a cyclist in this city long enough to have a good number of friends bruised and in casts from their run-ins. And I&#8217;ve heard enough reports of worse. I don&#8217;t want to start a debate about whether cyclists or cars are more dangerous in their driving behaviour. (Although I never heard of a drunk cyclist killing anyone.) The point is, they should not have to compete for space on the road; there simply needs to be an adequate network of single-purpose lanes for both.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3049\/2882374542_a1c0a4accd.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"317\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I just liked this photo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been much criticism of the City&#8217;s and the AMT&#8217;s half-hearted &#8216;journ\u00e9e sans voiture&#8217; which took place Monday. 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