Montreal is probably the most bike-friendly big city in North America, and since my last visit there seven years ago, it's just gotten better. So what's different? According to one local, it's one thing: Incrementalism.

Big thanks to Paige Saunders for sharing his wisdom (and his video skills) in this video. Make sure to check out his great channel https://www.youtube.com/@PaigeMTL

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0:00 Introduction 2:28 Building a backbone 4:05 Evolving bike lanes 4:42 Changing the public discourse 6:22 Intermission: Montreal screw up 1 7:16 Changing streets away from the car/car-free dichotomy 8:44 Re-thinking the allocation of space 9:58 Listening to pedestrians and cyclists 11:30 Intermission: Montreal screw up 2 12:12 Rebuilding with pedestrians in mind 13:49 The big picture

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