{"id":207,"date":"2007-10-25T17:08:08","date_gmt":"2007-10-25T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=207"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:54:42","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:54:42","slug":"de-maisonneuve-bike-lane-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/10\/25\/de-maisonneuve-bike-lane-update\/","title":{"rendered":"De Maisonneuve bike lane update"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Construction is coming along at a decent pace on the downtown bike lane along de Maisonneuve. La Press is reporting<\/a> that it should be open by the end of the month but based on how much work is left to be done on the western portion, I have my doubts that a Hallowe’en bike ride on the new bike lane will be a reality.<\/p>\n

The section behind The Bay building is of course still closed and the work that was completed is being ripped up as workers continue to make repairs on the collapsing tunnel beneath the street.<\/p>\n

As you can see from the above photo, the city has opted to not dig up the road to pour concrete for the curb separating bikers from cars in the area around Concordia University. Instead, they have laid pre-fab cement blocks, half of which have metal polls with little rings on them. I am guessing a chain or rope of some sort will be strung along the polls, possibly as an attempt to quell jay walking. Indeed, many students cut across traffic in this area to get from one university building to another so this would be a good way to force them to go to the end of the block and use the traffic lights (especially since they would now be jaywalking across not just the street but also a busy bike lane).<\/p>\n

Finally, Westmount doesn’t seem to be in any hurry to finish their portion of the bike lane. No work has been done whatsoever to connect Montreal’s finished portion at Atwater to Westmount’s existing lane at Greene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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