I Visited the Best* City in North America (Montréal)

Get Nebula for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/notjustbikes Want more Montréal cycling? Check out my Nebula Plus video: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-what-its-really-like-to-cycle-in-montral Or you can watch this video ad-free and sponsor-free on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/notjustbikes-i-visited-the-best-city-in-north-america — I’ve been making videos for over four years, and there’s one very consistent message I’ve received over and over: that I need to visit Montréal, because it is the best* city in North America. So I did. I visited and I spent a week there, travelling all over the city by walking, cycling, and public transit. Oh, and a lot of taxis. * according to literally hundreds of people who have contacted me about this over the years Patreon: https://patreon.com/notjustbikes NJB Live (my live-streaming channel): @njblive --- References and Further Reading Montréal Metro Map By STM/Calvin411 - http://www.stm.info/sites/all/modules/features/stm_metro/theme/images/map-interactive.gif, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=47187470 Montréal Transit Playlist - RM Transit https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwoYcvp1EGSc8wQ1SvPLXdo9qpKvf7N8v Calgary +15 Skywalk Network Walk l A Walk Thru Plus 15 Downtown Calgary Skywalk | Travel Calgary A Dawn (YouTube, CC BY, Creative Commons Attribution licence (reuse allowed)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmRz-U5Yz_E Montréal’s car-free streets return https://www.mtl.org/en/experience/stepping-montreal-pedestrian-only-streets Montreal's summer pedestrian streets are a hit. So why don't we keep them going? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pedestrian-streets-winter-1.6640701 'We are not welcome': wheelchair users demand space on Montreal's pedestrian streets https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pedestrian-accessibility-1.6476400 Drivers say parking in Montreal is difficult. Experts say it should be https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/parking-solutions-montreal-1.6230219 Le REV : un réseau express vélo https://montreal.ca/articles/le-rev-un-reseau-express-velo-4666 https://montreal.ca/en/articles/ebn-montreals-express-bike-network-4666 Amsterdam Bike Tour by Urban Planner Meredith Glaser Propel (YouTube) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ku9ZlG8FYGc Streetcars in Montréal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streetcars_in_Montreal Amsterdam witfiets bikeshare photos: https://web.archive.org/web/20020409193259/http://www.depo.nl/en/index.html https://quip.deds.nl/deel/witfiets.html https://quip.deds.nl/?page_id=798 https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittefietsenplan Door Onderwijsgek - Eigen werk, CC BY-SA 2.5 nl, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2120175 Door Rrustema - taken with iPhone in the Staalstraat in Amsterdam, Publiek domein, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5073029 By Joost Evers / Anefo - http://proxy.handle.net/10648/aabb2954-d0b4-102d-bcf8-003048976d84, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=65531178 Borough councillors vote to remove Terrebonne bike path in NDG https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/terrebonne-bike-path-1.5717086 Hotly contested bike path in Montreal's west end will be revived with an all-new look https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-ndg-bike-path-terrebonne-1.7013226 VIA Rail schedule, Montréal to Toronto https://www.viarail.ca/en/plan/train-schedules?searchByTrain=false&tsiDs=MTRL&tsiAs=TRTO&tsiDate=2024-08-01 Orange Julep photo: http://www.bubblemania.fr/en/hermas-gibeau-orange-julep-fast-food/ Man in a Trenchcoat from The Eric Andre Show (s02e03) The video contains footage licensed from Getty Images — Chapters 0:00 The Introduction 0:41 The Context 1:24 The Metro 2:18 The REM 4:35 The Missing Middle 5:31 The Cycling 7:37 The REV 8:30 The Jean Talon Market 8:57 The Politics of Bike Lanes 11:33 The Political Structure 13:04 The Pedestrian Experience 14:00 The Green Alleys & Parks 14:47 The Pedestrianized Streets 16:28 The Ending? 17:11 Getting Réal 17:16 Highways 18:25 Missing Streetcars 19:24 Terrible Streets 20:49 No Walking Accelerators 22:17 Issues with Bike Share 23:25 Metro Stroads 25:31 Fractured Bike Network 26:26 Small Street Cycling (only) 28:25 Bidirectional Bike Paths 29:57 Poor Regional Transit 31:23 Fuck Namur Station (seriously) 32:50 Goldilocks Boroughs 34:46 Montréal Suburbs Suck 36:13 No Autoluw Neighbourhoods 36:41 Walkable Islands 38:33 Drastic Changes Block-to-Block 40:02 Downtown is Shit 41:54 Privatized Underground City 43:11 Terrible Train Station 44:59 Braindead Metro Ticketing 45:52 Temporary Pedestrianization 47:27 Is Montréal a Great City? 49:34 Cycling Bonus Video on Nebula