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Group of Residents in Ville-Marie Want More Area in Old Montreal Turned Over to Pedestrians

The Association pour la mobilité active de Ville-Marie would like a reduction in space allocated to vehicles in Old Montreal. Photo: Kelsey Vere / Pixabay

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.

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