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"Four years after Montreal decided to make a 2.5-kilometre stretch of a busy
downtown artery car-free every summer, the transformation continues to receive
rave reviews from users and local businesses.
Covering more than 30 intersections, the stretch of Mont-Royal Avenue currently
given over to pedestrian traffic has been turned into “a daily festival” by
Montrealers and out-of-towners, “with thick crowds almost around the clock,
shopping, wandering, packing private patios, or sinking into the baby-blue
Adirondack chairs laid out for public use,” writes the
Globe and Mail.
Anyone needing to put their feet up can also avail of recommissioned church
pews, or repurposed chairs from a local ski lift. And everywhere you look there
is greenery—from flowers to vegetable gardens—much of it covering former
parking spaces.
Art installations and street performances enrich the summer pageant that
Mont-Royal now provides, much to the delight of more than 90% of visitors,
according to a recent survey by the local business association, the Société de
développement de l’Avenue du Mont-Royal.
Roughly two-thirds of local business owners are fans of the summer shift to a
slower street, though there are still rumblings about reduced parking and
concerns about deliveries."
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