Obligatory photo of the first snow of the winter.
Ave de Chateaubriand at Rosemont.
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Posted by Chris Erb
Categories Spacing Montréal
« I wept and on my knees I prayed that there be truth and there be light [and there be Bixi]. »
– Joel Gibb
The leaves fall,
the air crisps,
and the sun struggles desperately to keep us warm.
As the city prepares for its annual period of hibernation, so disappears the last remaining Bixis from our streets.
How will you and I survive without the one we’ve come to love?
To my father: Thank you for teaching me how to ride a bicycle.
To the city: You have really out done yourself this time; not only did you follow through with your engagement to encourage active means of transportation, you produced the sort of innovation that Montréal is known for but has, of late, sorely been lacking. And while I won’t think twice about denouncing the clichéd shenanigans at Hôtel de Ville, I must give credit when credit is due.
To Stationnement de Montréal: You have facilitated the so-called unholy union between bike and car. Like gay marriage before it, the skies did not crumble to the sea as a consequence.
To the development team: Congratulations – International fame and recognition! Bixi has flourished into a highly sought after export, made and manufactured in Québec; I have yet to see a better economic stimulus from the federal government
To the users who chose active transportation over the car: May you continue to live long, healthy lives in your skinny jeans.
To the motorists: Your patience was an indispensable virtue. I have witnessed the cyclists, too enamoured with their newfound mobility, riding the wrong way down the Main, during evening rushing hour, wearing headphones, listening to Peaches, whilst sending text messages. Motorists, you have proven that the car is not the untameable animal that many choose to make it out to be.
To the advantaged, residing near a Bixi station: We truly live in a great city.
To the disadvantaged: Hoping and praying that one day your Bixi may come, is futile. Only one way will guarantee results; you now have 5 months to make sure your newly elected leaders hear your message.
To my fellow man, the strangers on the street: Just because Bixi is gone, doesn’t mean that we can no longer strike up a conversation…or more. The city is but the interactions amongst its citizenry.
CBC Radio One (88.5 Montréal) Homerun : Bixi as a tool for socialising
CBC Radio One (88.5 Montréal) Homerun : Bixi as a tool for socialising
To the vandals and thieves: Whatever doesn’t kill Bixi only makes it stronger.
To Boston, London, and Ottawa: Welcome to the club!
To Paris: Our bike sharing system is better than your bike sharing system!
To the other municipalities of the World: Bikes are the new Black.
and finally,
To the MTQ: See! Alternative modes of transportation do actually work!
Is there anyone I’ve forgotten?
Until next year my Bixi compatriots.
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Posted by Émile Thomas
Categories Cycling / Cyclisme, Public Transit / Transport en commun
St-Joseph’s Oratory obscured by clouds on a rainy Sunday (Nov 15th)
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Posted by Alanah Heffez
Categories Spacing Montréal
WHAT: release party for winter 2009-2010 issue of Spacing
WHEN: Wednesday, December 9, 2009
WHERE: Toronto Reference Library, The Appel Salon, 789 Yonge Street
HOW MUCH: $10 (includes copy of mag), $5 for subscribers
ATTENDING?: RSVP to our Facebook event
If you’re in Toronto, make your way to the Toronto Reference Library (7pm-midnight) on Wed. Dec. 9th, to take part in Spacing’s 16th issue release party and holiday party. We’ll have some games and activities, plus the music to dance to thanks to our resident DJs Track Meet.
Come check out the Reference Library’s new event space The Appel Salon. It’s up on the second floor, overlooking the halfway point of Church Street’s turn toward Bloor. This fall, it played host this fall to discussions and readings, and next week welcomes Jeff Rubin, author of Why Your World Is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller. Visit for the TRL web site for details.
The upcoming issue focuses on Toronto’s urban wild life: chasing the albino squirrels, the fall of the woolly mammoth, dealing with rascally raccoons…. You’ll be able to pick up an issue on newsstands starting Dec. 9th, but its better to come to our party and buy the issue directly from us.
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Posted by Matthew Blackett
Categories Events/ Évenements, Spacing
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Permalink for Photo du jour : Concordia, Art and engineering building
Posted by Guillaume St-Jean
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