Tourisme vert à Montréal

3.1. Active transportation
3.1.6. Montréal’s strengths and weaknesses as a bikefriendly
city
Strengths
• Strong cycling culture.
• Tourist access to the BIXI bike-sharing system.
• Many daily bike-rental services.
• Good network of utilitarian bicycle paths and many small side streets for getting around the city.
• Scenic network of recreational bicycle paths allowing cyclists to discover a different side of Montréal:
Lachine Canal bike path, the Voie Maritime path, Gouin Boulevard east of St. Denis, Olmstead Road, etc.
• Camillien-Houde Drive to Mount Royal and the Gilles-Villeneuve race track are popular training circuits for
cyclists.
• The largest cycling event in North America: the Montréal Bike Fest.
• Tourists are attracted to Montréal by travel guide write-ups and the city’s top ranking on cycling-related
lists.
• International popularity of the Route Verte, so that people from far and wide are interesting in riding it. In
fact, the Route starts in Montréal, right outside the Maison des cyclistes.
• The Maison des cyclistes, in the city centre, is an excellent source of information for tourist, recreational
and utility cycling.
• The city’s relatively small size means less traffic density, noise and pollution and shorter distances.
• The oldest and largest network of bicycle paths and the largest bike-sharing system in North America.
• Vast network of off-road bicycle paths.
Source:
- John Pucher and Ralph Buehler, Analysis of Bicycling Trends and Policies in Large North American Cities: Lessons for New York, 2011.
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