Montreal’s Mile-Ex: From 4 Car Lanes to a Danish-Style Bike Lane #urbanism

In 2021, this street in the Mile-Ex neighbourhood of Montreal was four lanes for cars (two travel, two parking). By 2022, one was turned into a bike lane, leaving three lanes for cars.

Now in 2025 that bike lane is being upgraded to concrete — set higher than the road, lower than the sidewalk, a design commonly used in Denmark.

In 2021, this street in the Mile-Ex neighbourhood 
of Montreal was four lanes for cars (two travel, two parking). By 2022, one was turned into 
a bike lane, leaving three lanes for cars. Now in 2025 that bike lane is being upgraded 
to concrete — set higher than the road, lower than the sidewalk, a 
design commonly used in Denmark. The sidewalks are also being extended to add 
more room for pedestrians, street furniture, and greenery. Compare this before and after 
(obviously still more greenery to add there). There’s a tech hub here where 
lots of people bike to work and the gym across the street now has 
room to set up an outdoor patio. It’s much nicer for pedestrians and 
cyclists but you can still drive here: there’s still one travel lane and 
one parking lane, more or less. This stretch connects to a trail that 
connects to many more bike routes. Always fun to see incremental progress 
on cycling and urbanism in Montreal.