This billboard that, translated from French, essentially says “same traffic, no more gas”, on the bridge to Montréal, which has loads of other transportation options where you wouldn’t get stuck in traffic.
I’m from the US and live in the suburbs, so public transportation is nearly non existent around me.
Visited Montreal a couple years ago for the solar eclipse, took Amtrak up from New York (technically it would have been a little faster to drive but not by a whole lot.)
And then once we were there, I felt absolutely no need for a car. The subway and a short walk got us everywhere we wanted to go, and we never found ourselves waiting around long for the next train. We didn’t end up needing to take one but we saw plenty of buses around too.
And the bike lanes- actual protected bike lanes! They even had little plows clearing the bike lanes when we got a bit of snow while we were there. I could actually see myself choosing to get around on a bike if I lived there, there aren’t many parts of the city or suburbs where I live where I’d feel safe to commute on a bike.
I spent a week there, and even with probably some extra traffic from eclipse tourists I felt that there was never much traffic in any part of the city we visited and we got around a lot.
And with RESO you can cover a lot of ground downtown on foot and barely need to step outside.
I haven’t traveled abroad much, I’m sure there’s other cities in the world that have all that and more, but it definitely blew my mind as an American.
I’m not usually much of a city person, but I could absolutely see myself living in Montreal. If I thought my dog could adjust to city life well and I spoke at least passable French, I might have considered relocating. It’s probably the only city I’ve visited so far (again, not that I’ve traveled much) that I really look forward to visiting again someday.
If you’re in the northeastern US looking for a vacation, get to new York, take the train to Montreal, and just experience it for week. Open your eyes to what we’re missing out on.
And not for nothing, all of the food I had while I was there was absolutely amazing. It’s worth it just for that.
This billboard that, translated from French, essentially says “same traffic, no more gas”, on the bridge to Montréal, which has loads of other transportation options where you wouldn’t get stuck in traffic.
I’m from the US and live in the suburbs, so public transportation is nearly non existent around me.
Visited Montreal a couple years ago for the solar eclipse, took Amtrak up from New York (technically it would have been a little faster to drive but not by a whole lot.)
And then once we were there, I felt absolutely no need for a car. The subway and a short walk got us everywhere we wanted to go, and we never found ourselves waiting around long for the next train. We didn’t end up needing to take one but we saw plenty of buses around too.
And the bike lanes- actual protected bike lanes! They even had little plows clearing the bike lanes when we got a bit of snow while we were there. I could actually see myself choosing to get around on a bike if I lived there, there aren’t many parts of the city or suburbs where I live where I’d feel safe to commute on a bike.
I spent a week there, and even with probably some extra traffic from eclipse tourists I felt that there was never much traffic in any part of the city we visited and we got around a lot.
And with RESO you can cover a lot of ground downtown on foot and barely need to step outside.
I haven’t traveled abroad much, I’m sure there’s other cities in the world that have all that and more, but it definitely blew my mind as an American.
I’m not usually much of a city person, but I could absolutely see myself living in Montreal. If I thought my dog could adjust to city life well and I spoke at least passable French, I might have considered relocating. It’s probably the only city I’ve visited so far (again, not that I’ve traveled much) that I really look forward to visiting again someday.
If you’re in the northeastern US looking for a vacation, get to new York, take the train to Montreal, and just experience it for week. Open your eyes to what we’re missing out on.
And not for nothing, all of the food I had while I was there was absolutely amazing. It’s worth it just for that.