{"id":278457,"date":"2025-11-12T15:33:26","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/278457\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T15:33:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T15:33:26","slug":"montreal-cyclists-to-hold-peoples-inauguration-of-henri-bourassa-bike-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/278457\/","title":{"rendered":"Montreal cyclists to hold \u2018people\u2019s inauguration\u2019 of Henri-Bourassa bike path"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada\u2019s new city administration talks about possible reductions along the Henri-Bourassa mobility corridor<\/a>, Montreal\u2019s cycling community is gearing up to fight back \u2014 peacefully, but with passion.<\/p>\n

On Nov, 16 at 11 a.m., V\u00e9lorution Montr\u00e9al is calling on residents to take part in a \u201ccitizen inauguration\u201d of the Henri-Bourassa stretch of the R\u00e9seau express v\u00e9lo. The event invites cyclists to reclaim the lane \u2014 an asphalt ribbon won through hard work \u2014 and fill it, for one morning, with the sound of bells and joyful shouts.<\/p>\n

Participants will first ride along the REV before moving together in a critical mass toward sections of the route still to come. Organizers describe it as a \u201cride of solidarity,\u201d powered by a shared rhythm of pedalling and purpose.<\/p>\n

The group says to \u201cBring your bikes, your signs, your kids \u2014 and your dreams of a city built for life, not just traffic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Furthermore, V\u00e9lorution Montr\u00e9al added that \u201cThe REV is inaugurated by the people \u2014 and the people don\u2019t plan to slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before the election, former Montreal mayor Val\u00e9rie Plante issued a pointed warning to the new one. She urged them not to strip back the city\u2019s hard-won cycling network. Speaking at a mobility convention in Montreal, she said any attempt to roll back bike lanes would undermine years of progress. \u201cI\u2019m really crossing my fingers we keep moving forward \u2014 not backward. That would be terrible,\u201d she said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before getting elected,the new mayor said if she won she would review all of Montreal\u2019s cycling lanes within 100 days of taking office, promising to improve safety or remove those deemed \u2018hazardous.\u2019<\/p>\n

Montrealers elected Martinez Ferrada ten days ago. She has been heavily critical<\/a> of the Henri-Bourrassa project during her campaign.<\/p>\n

To learn more about the event, you can check out their Facebook page.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada\u2019s new city administration talks about possible reductions along the Henri-Bourassa mobility corridor, Montreal\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":278458,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[33276,49,48,635,127023,2338,82],"class_list":["post-278457","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-bike-lanes","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-mayor-soraya-martinez-ferrada","tag-montreal","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278457","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=278457"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/278457\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=278457"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=278457"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=278457"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}