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Car-free streets in downtown Montreal took ‘political guts.’ Can Toronto do the same? (www.thestar.com)
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Closing streets in Montreal to traffic has proven popular with residents, tourists and businesses.

By Lex Harvey • Toronto Star

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[-] TH1NKTHRICE@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

If Toronto tries, learn from Vancouver’s failed trial.

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago

I wouldn’t call it a ‘trial’.

It was in place for a couple of decades. Agreed that it failed in the end, as did Rideau street in Ottawa.

[-] clgoh@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

Article says it was in place for 5 weeks.

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 0 points 1 year ago

I was referring to the one in Vancouver.

[-] clgoh@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

The article in question is about a 5 week failed trial in Vancouver.

https://www.nsnews.com/transportation/city-ends-pedestrian-friendly-street-pilot-project-7370064

[-] StillPaisleyCat@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

Yes but I had noted that there’s been a previous 2 decade installation on Granville in Vancouver elsewhere on the thread.

There’s been a lot of success with these in Europe, less in North America.

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