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Montreal Considers a Pedestrian Charter

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The City of Montreal is considering adopting a Pedestrian Charter (Toronto was the first North American city to adopt one, in 2002).

Unlike Toronto’s, which is a general statement of principles, Montreal’s proposed Charter seems to include specific policies, such as banning cellphone use by drivers, lowering speed limits, introducing more pedestrian-only streets, cracking down on construction and delivery companies that block sidewalks, and creating a dedicated office for correcting dangerous intersections. Much of the focus appears to be on safety.

(The City of Toronto has just started the process of developing a Pedestrian Master Plan which will deal with these kinds of specific policies).

photo from McGill University 

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