The Canada Brief

Canada · 5 d ago

Bike lane on Rue de Verdun, Montreal

Montreal mayor hopes to end the polarization over bike lanes

Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says planning should weigh all road users, not only cyclists. She denies interfering with city staff after asking for changes to a June survey on cycling.

What we know

  • She promised an audit of the bike network
  • She says no lane will be removed

Not yet

  • Results of the four-lane audit

The audit of four bike lanes she promised in the campaign is not public yet, but she says nothing will be dismantled.

Homelessness aid for Montreal

18 $ million

Quebec is releasing $28 million in emergency homelessness aid, $18 million of it for Montreal, which the mayor says will fund 3,000 warming-centre spaces this winter.