Following a transformation of St. Denis St. in 2020 that saw a reduction in vehicles lanes in favor of safer pedestrian crossings, outdoor dining and an extension of their REV bike network, pedestrian traffic increased 65%+, bike traffic increased 250%+ and 37+ new retailers opened. 📍Montreal 🇨🇦 - ThreadSky

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berkie1.bsky.social • 5 days ago

Following a transformation of St. Denis St. in 2020 that saw a reduction in vehicles lanes in favor of safer pedestrian crossings, outdoor dining and an extension of their REV bike network, pedestrian traffic increased 65%+, bike traffic increased 250%+ and 37+ new retailers opened.

📍Montreal 🇨🇦

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arndell.ca•4 days ago

St Denis was dead / dying my time in university. It’s very much turned around. There are tons of people now days and many stores opened.

lynnwinx.bsky.social•5 days ago

The bike lane should be protected all along but that's already much better.

sonoma2412.bsky.social•5 days ago

See, you don't even need to ban cars completely from a street to make it more attractive!

verquist.bsky.social•5 days ago

This is how we reclaim our cities from cars!!

capitalist.bsky.social•3 days ago

Pedestrian and bike traffic is not a positive externality. You could argue more that cars are a negative externality.

jimvizstick.bsky.social•5 days ago

I don't think anyone in their right mind would look at this and say "no switch it back" making places more pedestrian and bike friendly always makes it look so much better

ancompadre.bsky.social•2 days ago

That’s cool. Our premier in Ontario is doing the backwards version of this.

egoode.bsky.social•5 days ago

I learned the hard way, you NEED TO LOOK BOTH WAYS before crossing the bike lanes.

The bikers in Canada are a bit assholish and do not use bells.

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