{"id":131387,"date":"2025-09-09T14:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/131387\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T14:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T14:21:08","slug":"cyclists-lie-on-montreals-parc-avenue-calling-for-safer-road","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/131387\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists lie on Montreal’s Parc Avenue calling for safer road"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dozens of Montrealers were seen laying on Parc Avenue with their bikes on Monday as part of a \u201cdie-in\u201d in order to help raise awareness surrounding cyclist safety on this particular road. <\/p>\n

The event took place a day after a deadly bike accident on Parc and just moments after a section of the Saint-Denis Express Bike Network was named in honour of Robert \u201cBicycle Bob\u201d Silverman.<\/p>\n

Silverman died in February 2022 and was an activist \u2014 helping Montreal become a more bike-friendly city.<\/p>\n

V\u00e9lorution Montr\u00e9al organizes \u201ctheatrical actions to counterbalance the dominance of car culture in Montr\u00e9al,\u201d and was the collective behind the \u201cdie-in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery life lost here is the result of political choices. Parc Avenue could be transformed, but the authorities continue to maintain a deadly urban highway at the heart of Montreal,\u201d said S\u00e9verine Le Page, founding member of V\u00e9lorution Montr\u00e9al. \u201cAs long as the safety of pedestrians and cyclists comes after the convenience of drivers, we will remain mobilized.\u201d <\/p>\n

The action, at the corner of Parc and Bernard, was also a way to pay tribute to a 31-year-old cyclist who was killed <\/a>the day before on this street.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all share a responsibility to protect those who choose to walk or cycle,\u201d said Magali Bebronne, spokesperson for V\u00e9lo Qu\u00e9bec, who also had representatives present on Monday to support the call for a safer Parc Avenue.<\/p>\n

V\u00e9lorution Montr\u00e9al added that between 2013 and 2024, eight people were killed while walking or cycling on this street. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe death and collision statistics on Parc Avenue are shocking,\u201d said Bebronne. \u201cWe need to act because the status quo is unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dozens of Montrealers were seen laying on Parc Avenue with their bikes on Monday as part of a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":131388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-131387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=131387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/131388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}