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This morning, Ville-Marie borough mayor Benoit Labont\u00e9 announced<\/a> that the experimental pedestrianization of Ste-Catherine street between Berri and Papineau this summer was an overwhelming success.<\/p>\n

The numbers weren’t hard to crunch: 95% of the residents of the Village neighbourhood were pleased with the project and a full 86% of the business were also happy (Commercial associations have protested against pedestrianization of other streets such as Mount Royal avenue). Furthermore, 100% of terrace owners felt the benefits of the vibrant street-life that pedestrianization created.<\/p>\n

While the number of people who flowed through the neighbourhood increased last summer, complaints from local residents went down by half, according to a local borough councillor. The project was seen as an improvement to the environment, air quality, cleanliness, and noise, as well as traffic and accessibility problems.<\/p>\n

With this success in mind the Table de concertation du Faubourg Saint-Laurent<\/em>, met with several groups including the Commercial association of the Faubourg Saint-Laurent neighbourhood, the Habitations Jeanne-Mance, UQAM and the Jazz Festival, and suggested that the city examine extending the pedestrianized area Westward to Bleury. This segment of the street was already closed during 55 days over the course of the last summer for various festivals. <\/span><\/p>\n

However, the coordinator of the Table de Concertation<\/em> pointed out that the context is very different in this neighbourhood, which does not have the continuous store-front and lively terraces that characterize the Village. In order for the pedestrian street to be vibrant, some other form of animation would have to be introduced.\u00a0 I have no trouble picturing a buskers’ festival by Berri Metro, a skate ramp outside of Foufounes, improv theatre spilling out of Theatre Ste-Catherine and plenty of other ideas to fill the few days that aren’t already programmed by the Jazz Fest, Comedy Fest, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Tremblay administration is considering putting a tramway<\/a> in place on Ste-Catherine street – despite the fact that the metro already runs along this exact route – rather than on R\u00e9n\u00e9-Levesque as had originally been proposed in the Transportation plan. And Labont\u00e9 has wasted no time in hinting that popular pedestrianization project could one day extend all the way to Atwater.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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