Group of Residents in Ville-Marie Want More Area in Old Montreal Turned Over to Pedestrians
Old Montreal is one of this city’s most popular tourist attractions teeming with people on any given day — summer as well as winter.
The Association pour la mobilité active de Ville-Marie would like to replicate the successful rejuvenation the small Spanish city of Pontevedra underwent by pushing cars and parking to the fringes and turning over the tightly-packed centre to foot traffic.
The association has launched a petition, which is supported by over a dozen community groups, calling on the borough to turn more area in Old Montreal over to pedestrians.
One request in the petition is to change rue de la Commune, into a protected bicycle path, with a smooth surface, along a physically separated pedestrian path.
Read More: Allison Hanes: Envisioning a more walkable Old Montreal, Montreal Gazette.