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0 pointsbetaby5mo ago0 comments

> It's evident that people use bicycles

They do. Also people who use bicycles in Montreal are disproportionately males and mostly of the certain age group. That's very apparent if you stay for ~10 minutes near Grande Bibliothèque for example or any other relatively busy piste cyclable. If you call it a 'mobility culture' it a very niche one. Bicycling is a thing for very specific demographics in Montreal in comparison with Amsterdam and even with Eastern European cities.

Interestingly that high schoolers are not biking that much in Montreal, again in comparison. Biking to school was/is an exception where I live(d) in Montreal, i.e. Le Sud-Ouest, NDG.

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heresie-dabord5mo ago

> If you call it a 'mobility culture' it a very niche one.

And yet it is relatively successful in Montreal (as TFA says). If we are completely honest, bicycling could be called a niche activity in most of North America.

> Bicycling is a thing for very specific demographics in Montreal in comparison with Amsterdam and even with Eastern European cities.

For students, for example.

I did say, "Bicycling is part of the mobility culture of Montreal". I did not claim more, and I also said that it's a controversial topic. On the positive side, Bixi has been a relative success compared to other Canadian cities.[1]

(You know Bixi, so I'll add a link for others to read.)

[1] _ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bixi_(bicycle_share_system)

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