Montreal becomes largest North American city to eliminate mandatory minimum parking spots
Montreal becomes largest North American city to eliminate mandatory minimum parking spots
Montreal is the latest city to eliminate mandatory parking minimums, and the largest North American city to have done so.
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I'm glad to see Montreal moving forward, despite all the people complaining about everything Plante does. Most of her measures have had a positive impact on the city.
With the introduction and expansion of the REM, the expansion of bike lanes, the pedestrian streets in the summer, etc., I think we're making good progress towards reducing the need for a car.
@cyborganism Toronto has eliminated in 2021. Not sure what CultMtl is smoking.
LoL!!! Ben oui t'as raison!
OUI!
FUCK YES!
ENFIN!
Keep up the momentum, we need people to see the future with multimodal transportation.
Another idiotic way that these bicycle obsessed idiots are ruining cities and driving most of the paying traffic out of downtowns. Expecting people to exclusively ride bicycles in places where the weather is not conducive during most of the year is asinine.
Lol "paying traffic"
It's well documented that pedestrians and cyclists coming into the neighborhood spend more money than some dude driving in from the waste island
This is often the type of remark I hear from people living outside of Montreal or in its suburbs like P.A.T.-RDP or West Island.
We're talking about parking in the streets, right? Downtown has plenty of private indoor parkings that give you direct access to the malls and the Montreal underground. And you obviously also can go outside as well.
As someone who lives in Montreal and works downtown, the one thing I really hate is how narrow the sidewalks are. There's barely any room to move, especially in the winter. Unfortunately, the streets are very narrow, so to expand the sidewalk, we need to eliminate parking spaces.
However, in other neighborhoods, like the Plateau or Hochelaga, or other smaller residential places, there needs to be accomodations for cars if we're to eliminate street parking. This is one thing I find that this administration doesn't think through.
Expecting people to exclusively ride bicycles
Where do you see this?
In the lack of comprehensive public transportation options for everyone not in the immediate city limits.
Dont get me wrong, Im for the change because I recognize that a change like this is going to suck for the little while it takes things to shift more widely. But I'm also aware that the topic doesn't have a "one-solution-for-all" answer.