{"id":22965,"date":"2013-05-12T14:55:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-12T18:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/?p=22965"},"modified":"2013-05-12T14:55:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-12T18:55:10","slug":"montreal-bike-coalition-launches-with-a-week-of-cycling-activities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/05\/12\/montreal-bike-coalition-launches-with-a-week-of-cycling-activities\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal Bike Coalition Launches With a Week of Cycling Activities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new Montreal Bike Coalition will launch next week with a dozen events that aim to shine a light on the issues that matter to Montreal cyclists. The events of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/613204515361127\/\">Montreal Urban Bike Week<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/coalitionvelomontreal.org\/semaine\">May 13th-18th 2013<\/a>,\u00a0will lead up the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/coalitionvelomontreal.org\/sommet\/programmation\">summit on urban cycling<\/a>\u00a0on May 18th,\u00a0which will be the founding event of the Coalition.<\/p>\n<p>Zvi Leve, a member of the coalition, says that the fledgling Coalition&#8217;s mandate is to legitimize and facilitate cycling as a mode of transportation in Montreal:\u00a0&#8220;Cycling is\u00a0not some marginalized activity that various subcultures engage in.\u00a0It needs to be recognized for what it is \u2013 a valid form of transportation,&#8221; he emphasizes.<\/p>\n<p>While Leve acknowledges that the City of Montreal has put a lot of resources and effort into creating a more bike-friendly city, he insists that there is still a lot of room for improvement in areas such as evaluating the effectiveness of cycling infrastructure, re-thinking the rules of the road as they apply to cyclists, and improving relations with organizations such as the police and the STM.<\/p>\n<p>The summit next Saturday May 18th will help identify the Coalition&#8217;s priorities. Some of the topics on the agenda include: cycling infrastructure, how regulation impacts the safety of cyclists; bike theft; women, minorities and cycling; cycling in suburban areas and inter-modality.\u00a0Finally the summit will explore how the various organizations can collaborate.<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Bike Coalition reunites representatives from organizations such as V\u00e9lo Qu\u00e9bec, Rue Publique, and neighbourhood pedestrian and cycling groups. The fledgling coalition has already been granted a seat on the City of Montreal&#8217;s cycling committee.<\/p>\n<p>The Coalition is still looking for volunteers to help out with next week&#8217;s events, and encourages anyone with an interest in urban cycling to participate in the summit next Saturday. Reach them through their <a href=\"http:\/\/coalitionvelomontreal.org\/simpliquer\">website <\/a>or their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CVMBC\">Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new Montreal Bike Coalition will launch next week with a dozen events that aim to shine a light on the issues that matter to Montreal cyclists. The events of Montreal Urban Bike Week, May 13th-18th 2013,\u00a0will lead up the\u00a0summit on urban cycling\u00a0on May 18th,\u00a0which will be the founding event of the Coalition. Zvi Leve,<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/05\/12\/montreal-bike-coalition-launches-with-a-week-of-cycling-activities\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Montreal Bike Coalition Launches With a Week of Cycling Activities&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5022,"featured_media":22966,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7828,7829,7831,11,213],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bikes","category-civic-engagement","category-community","category-events","category-infrastructure"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Montreal Bike Coalition Launches With a Week of Cycling Activities - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2013\/05\/12\/montreal-bike-coalition-launches-with-a-week-of-cycling-activities\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Montreal Bike Coalition Launches With a Week of Cycling Activities - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A new Montreal Bike Coalition will launch next week with a dozen events that aim to shine a light on the issues that matter to Montreal cyclists. 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