More cities need to plan bike-lane networks like this

⭐ The change of administration for bicycle users has been felt in Montreal. Citizens need to apply pressure to ensure the importance of expansion and upkeep of the biking network. This was a great video ✨

As someone who's been biking a lot in this city: it's not about the cars as much as the drivers.
I was hit 2 days ago by someone not doing their stop.

6:30 Before the construction started there early 2026, you could continue until old montreal (port)… Unfortunately, they are planning finishing only in december 2027.

Not every city is set up as they currently exist to have them. Don't get me wrong on this, I would love to see properly built cycling lanes that do not interfere with drivers needs to park vehicles or them trucks for shipping goods in and out of businesses.
Would ride my bicycle in the city more often if things were different here.
Even when driving, it's kind of hazardous..
people stepping on the gas pedal and racing to the next red light past the speed limit, some individuals walking across intersections or riding bicycles when the light is green for oncoming traffic..some run straight into traffic where there is no intersections..
And seems there are more accidents than there ever was since the population went up. Shortage of housing, infrastructure in need of work..
Harder to obtain employment and higher living expenses.
So don't see such measures being implemented anytime soon.
Still need a car.
No bus system, plenty of cab services..
however
"It adds up."
Unless you done well in life and have a rather good sized income via retirement savings…
"Kinda need other means."
Been thinking about one of them E scooters however seems to be a ban on those being discussed. Hostilities towards cycling a constant over the years..
more so now..
Too many riding irresponsibly.
Was not so much a problem 20 years ago..
More burnt out people and other social/political issues.
Gas near $2 a litre here in some places, other gas stations at $2.
Have yet to see how much diesel is.
Much of the economy here is industry oil, gas and agriculture.
" Not a lot of energy after a long days work to be riding a bicycle for many." Plenty of jobs have long distances to travel and involve labor in all sorts of weather. Might be able to pull it off while young, however after a certain age it gets difficult.
Especially when you get the flu or heat stroke eventually.
Had done so myself for a time working in a shop welding..
Would have been nice back then if there were paths to those locations for cycling..especially due to the fact that there are large vehicles which have a longer stopping distance.
Was one of many whom rode a bicycle to save on expenses then.
Not many jobsites with bicycle racks to lock up on either.
Took some convincing with that, but eventually it was OK.
However the ride there was sketchy at best.
" Still is" despite not working there for years now.
Can still ride, just not for long periods in traffic.
Speed limit for vehicles is higher than what cycling can manage comfortably.
Figure much ado downtown regions and suburbs could be 30kmph tops.
Not getting anywhere fast racing red lights at intersections.

There's no such things as a bad bike lanes.
Even bad bike lanes better than no Lanes 😂

How about NO bike lanes? These are cities, not parks…didn't your mother teach you to keep your toys in the yard?
IF we have to be forced to deal with bike lanes, then Bike riders should have to be licensed & insured and bike lanes should be toll roads.

Been battling cars my whole life riding. Started when i did paper routes as a kid. Waiting for the rest of the world to catch up with a pipe dream to ever happen won't stop my grind. I have even upgraded to an ebike for my own comfort. Regular cycles seem be more of a target in my option. Ebikes ability to "off road" keeps traffic from running you off the road intentionally. Defensive riding is the name of the game. 63 yrs young and still rolling.

Ask yourself why I would help you when you are not even wearing a helmet to keep medical costs down. I bike by the way.

I have a friend who was an urban planner in Calgary for almost 40 years, He said the positive shift is when cycle and pedestrian paths are part initial planning and not an ‘afterthought’…one time they were an inconvenience once roads have been designated. Also, I’m from Montréal and your report is a bit too sugary. There is major opposition to these bike routes in some neighbourhoods. The majority Residents are NOT on side and understandably so when you actually listen to their concerns. It is THEIR neighbourhood and not that of the cycling community that passes through. Also having cycled extensively for years in both cities, Calgary’s ‘complete’ cycling network is 10 times better and safer then Montréal.

One argument for bike lanes that is not made enough is against the perceived loss of a lane. Typically bike lanes take away lanes blocked by parking during all but rush hours. But even at rush hours, the main thing that slows traffic is lights and particularly being blocked by cars attempting to turn. Reducing the number of oncoming lanes from 2 to 1 at intersections frees up space to have far more dedicated turn lanes often in both directions. This eliminates the stress and frustration that playing lane roulette where either lane might be blocked by a turning car. Stay in the single turn-free lane and your risk of being trapped for a full light cycle plummets. Slow and steady wins the race in this case as the lane is marginally slower (safer for everyone) but you get to your destination in shorter time owing to not racing through traffic only to get stuck at the next light. I truly love driving on Bloor street in Toronto since the reconfiguration when prior I would avoid it. There is some loss of parking but that is made up for parking being available at rush hour which is very convenient when stopping after work. Not killing cyclists along the way is just a bonus.

Those plastic bollards create an entirely false sense of security and significantly increase the chances of right hook, left cross, and particularly driveway exit collisions. What I do like (a lot) is a full 5-foot-wide bike LANE, with painted buffers on the traffic side and, if present, on the parked car (door zone) side. These allow me to avoid hazards and to position myself to be seen at intersections. Users of these are not saddled with the 5-10mph design speeds of most of the bollard-separated cycletracks. Yes, I do use and enjoy paths completely apart from the street grid, but very few of these go where I need to go. I ride a bike as much for transportation as for exercise and enjoyment, and I ride a bike to go somewhere, not go somewhere to ride a bike. Also, every cyclist needs a mirror and a helmet.

i think tom is wrong. map shows calgary has an excellent network of magenta bike lanes.

Will take my bike on the REM tomorrow and take a ride to Saraguay park. I badly need to escape the city. For the price of a bus ticket, could the REM (+bikes) have the unforeseen consequence of democratizing access to nature ?

Speaking of namning, they're called "bike links" in my city.

Have you explored the Atlanta Beltline? It’s an interesting story and a unique approach in a city which is dominated by car transit.

Sad to see the aspirational cycling super highway remain only a dream.

I am getting a bit sick of cycling advocacy channels throwing roadies under the bus. Like what is to gain by ignoring some of the most active cyclists in your communities and likely proponents of the same things you are arguing for? Is the same vitriol directed at other sport specific bikes? I don't feel comfortable around ebikers, yet why are they not the lighting rod of these comments?

I am not specifically directing it at you, just in the delivery and illusion of "punching up" at one type of cyclists seems to be a common trope in cycling advocacy channels.

If you're gonna wear a helmet…. Tighten the strap at least a token amount.

The data still wildly doesn't support the video about not wearing a helmet. I wish you guys would take that down, and Tom should really be demonstrating best practice of wearing one any time he's somewhere that isn't a Greenway. I've picked up three massive brain bleeds in my EMS career whose head hit a curb at relatively low speeds just falling off a bike in the city without a helmet.

It's always so distracting even when a video is as cool as this.

Seattle really just needs to connect downtown to the university district with a bike lane on eastlake. Like 2 or 3 miles of bike lane connecting the two would be game changing. That part is flat out dangerous. It'd involve removing one side of the street parking. Which would allow hundreds or thousands to use what only a few dozen currently do (and there is enough parking already, it's often not even fully utilized)

Also the biggest issue i wish we could address is the stoplight issue of having to stop and start at every light. I'm not sure how we could do that though.

Toronto bike lanes jammed on to already overly-congested main arterial streets fail on all important measures, add to congestion so are a net environmental negative impact and could not be worse aesthetically. A total fail compared to Montreal's REV. Why/how? A focus by politicians on the number of km of lanes instead of the quality of the lanes or their usage/potential usage. So, we have a bunch of under-utilized, unsafe, horrid-looking lanes that generate much negative backlash. Good quality lanes would take more time and money than the City is/was willing to spend (or has to spend), so they went for the quick PR win approach, to the detriment of cyclists and the entire city population.

i biked along that route by the thames when i visited my buddy in london last october. it was so amazing to see the difference from when i first visited london in 2010.