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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin
Having biked extensively in Vancouver, Toronto and (to a lesser extent) Montreal, I'd say Vancouver's infrastructure is easily the worst of the bunch at this point (though still not terrible). Its reputation as a bike-friendly city is largely a legacy view: it was a pioneer of bike lanes in North America, and 15-20 years ago it was absolutely the gold standard. It seems to be resting on its laurels though, and hasn't really built much new infrastructure of note in recent years. Meanwhile, other cities have quietly been making impressive improvements to their own bike networks.
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As I said in my original post, I wasn't trying to start a war, and after having done some semi-serious riding in Toronto, can definitely agree that outside the core, Toronto is light years ahead. While Vancouver has many nice recreational trails, having recently ridden from High park to DT along Bloor and College, there is nothing like that. From what I say in 4 day's of riding, Toronto is definitely a better standard bearer. Can't offer an "handson" opinion on Montreal, but I do know that there has been a fair bit done there.
All that said, even the best in Canada is still far behind Brussels, which is near the bottom end of western european cities.
Now if we could only do something about the cars - twice in Toronto we encountered people who felt it appropriate to park in bike lanes!
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