Bike lanes, BIXI stations and other micromobility infrastructure make up just two per cent of Montreal’s street space – even in neighbourhoods where cycling demand would justify more – according to a new study by McGill University researchers.
Bike lanes, BIXI stations and other micromobility infrastructure make up just two per cent of Montreal’s street space – even in neighbourhoods where cycling demand would justify more – according to a new study by McGill University researchers. They think that the measure they developed to arrive at their findings can also help assess the situation in other cities.
“This is best used as a diagnostic tool for where there’s too little space,” said Daniel Romm, a PhD candidate in McGill’s Department of Geography and lead author of the study. “It’s very intuitive: square metres per traveler is a simple way to understand whether infrastructure is keeping up with demand.”
While city planners may know how many kilometres of bike lanes exist, this study calculated how much area is dedicated to micromobility relative to the full road network and compare that with how people actually travel. The team combined high-resolution street geometry data from the City of Montreal with regional travel surveys.
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