Sherbrooke street was a bicycle road and it could be again

    In the early years of cycling in Montreal the route westward out of the city began on Sherbrooke street and then continued on Cote St Antoine (described in the CWA Guide book 1887 page 92 "Montreal to Coteau")   Since those early years Sherbrooke street has been transformed by the automobile such that it is too difficult for any but the most experienced riders.  This need not be the case. In the fall of 2016 Toronto built modern unidirectional  bicycle paths on a very similar major east-west urban street. Bloor street gives an example of what a bicycle path on Sherbrooke could look like.  The following photographs compare cycling on Sherbrooke street in Montreal and Bloor street in Toronto.

Bloor street

Sherbrooke street

Both streets cross a major expressway

East bound approach to Bloor - Don Valley Parkway crossing

Sherbrooke east bound crossing Decarie

West bound crossing the Don Valley Parkway

Sherbrooke West bound crossing, available path space allocated for parking

Both have museums

Cycling in front of Royal Ontario Museum

Cycling in front of Museum of Fine Arts

Both have major universities

University of Toronto Varsity Stadium

McGill University, May 02 2017, perhaps a bicycle path will be built

Both have large stores

Both have  parks

Both have a variety of small stores and restaurants

However cyclists with dogs are generally found on streets with bicycle paths

Update!!!

There is now a website dedicated to the promotion of a bike path on Sherbrooke Street.

September 21, 2018 a Penny Farthing Display was made as part of Westmount's Park(ing) Day to promote a bicycle path on Sherbrooke Street.

November 5, 2018, twin brothers Dinez & Umet Umruk requested the City of Westmount  to build a bicycle path on Sherbrooke street during a town council meeting.

November 20, 2018 an article in the Gazette was published regarding a bicycle path on Sherbrooke Street.

January 18, 2019 a petition for a bike bath on Sherbrooke street organized by Montreal Bike Coalition

May 2019 a card that asks people to write an email supporting a Sherbrooke Street path was made and many posted on along the street.