Les voies d'accès au mont Royal (Camillien-Houde / Remembrance)

Keep it open until the Turcot is finished. This will allow for easier access from the west and south to the north east.

Instead of closing a whole street and mostly effecting families with children and older or handicapped people, making it very difficult for them to access their favorite summer spots on the mountain, only to benefit a few cyclists, it would be better to have a better signage and regulations for traffic, both cars, bicycles and pedestrians, for example, by having an additional designated bike path and speed lowering measurements for cars.

Keep through-traffic but build a dedicated bike lane. Use cameras to ticket speeding and illegal u-turns.

The mountain road is a critical west to east route for me and so many other Montrealers judging from the enormous outcry. The closure of this route has caused great inconvenience and disruption not to mention additional time, loss of productivity and anxiety for many.

I am a marathon runner and I know this road well. The hill is exceptionally steep and I find it exceedingly difficult to imagine that any but the most experienced cyclists could ride up or down that road! I also find it hard to believe that the road gets sufficient use during the week given work schedules etc. to justify the closure.

You have cut off a vital artery for the benefit of a few at the expense of thousands. I hope you will take into consideration the anxiety and fury you have caused among so many Montrealers. I have lived in Montreal all my life (I'm 72 years old) and I have never seen so many people so upset and angry!

On a positive note, the road is wide and could allow for a bike path -a much better solution than blocking a route that is so important to so many. Another alternative would be to close the mountain on weekends and holidays thus satisfying cyclists and drivers.

Keep the road fully open to cars at a reduced speed limit with better signage and signals. Prevent U turns with concrete blocks. Enlarge the parking spots for the busy times.
Build a secure and separate bike path.
Build a secure and separate pedestrian path.
A park road would be for all users to be shared by all equally: cars, bikes and pedestrians.

I would like the mountain road, Camellien-Houde, to remain open all year round. Access to and over the mountain is extremely important for all Montreal. P Lease do not restrict access to this very important route.

I do not support the road closure. As a biker I feel my safety was not improved by closing the road to thru traffic. Better to continue the jersey barrier down to the base of camillien- Houde.

Garder Chemin Camillien Houde overt aux voitures et velos en permanance.

The road MUSTbe kept open for ALL and not just for the cyclist. Safety measures for the cyclists can be easily introduced without depriving ALL cictizens of the park’s beauty.

I am a cyclist, I leave St.Leonard at least 3 or4 times a week to trek up and down the mountain.I found that camilen closed to car traffic made me feel safe riding up and down the road.The problem I found is coming down the road,cyclist did not respect the speed limit.Because of the downhill it's very difficult to control the speed of the bike.Maybe a new configuration for coming down would help curb the speed of the cyclist.Also I noticed that Buses would not reduce their speed and distance themselves from cyclist when passing a cyclist.

Due to the closure of Camillien-Houde this summer I did not access Mt Royal cemetery or visit any of the other sites or facilities on the mountain. Parking was impossible !!!
Perhaps consideration could be given to opening the roadway on the weekends or on the off hours.
It is not clear that access to the cemetery is possible from the west, perhaps the signage and indicators are not evident.

I strongly feel that access to the mountain should be available to all Montrealers including senior citizens like myself. My favourite way to show off my city to out of town visitors is to drive across the mountain and stop at the lookout to enjoy the view. I do not understand why the needs of a few cyclists should supersede the needs and wishes of the elderly, the handicapped, families with young children and tourists who contribute to our economy. The old system worked well and I do not see any reason to change a successful winning formula. Please please do not take away access to our mountain. It is wrong and wrong thinking to close the mountain to all but a few athletes.

As a resident of Montréal, I think that it is important to leave this open, especially with the ongoing construction around the city. I have been blocked on Sherbrooke and taking the northern route is way too out of the way. I am not sure why there needs to be limited access across the mountain. It isn't an area where people walk. They should even have a Funicular from Peel Street up to the Chalet by the lake.

This post-consultation is bunkum, first of all.
Closing the road over the mountain made the beautiful park inaccessible to our most vulnerable citizens for the benefit of a few super-fit cyclists while aggravating traffic on alternate routes. It was a horrible flop. Reopen it!

I think that Chrmin camelien hood is one of the most beautiful streets in the city.
It should be easier to create a safer bike path beside this road or anywhere else for the few bikers who are in shape enough and wealthy enough to ride up and down this road.

The majority of montreallers can not afford the time and bikes to practice this difficult sport.
The majority of our citizens enjoy driving on the mountain. The bikers can have their own space: there is plenty of room on our mountain.
Thank you

I am a mother of three. My children are all under the age of 5. As a young family living in Montreal, we look to provide our children with entertainment of all kinds. In doing so, we recognize the central role of nature. We try to give our children as many opportunities to explore the world around them. Mount-Royal is one of the most beautiful places in the city - with its wooded areas, green spaces, Beaver Lake and more. It has everything to offer a family of young (and old) members. Mount-Royal is not only a perfect place for fun, adventure and exploration, but it is also a sanctuary on a beautiful summer, fall, winter or spring day.
By limiting the ways one can access the mountain and the park, you are taking away something that is truly valuable to all who live in this city, and I feel it, and so does my young family. We all want to enjoy what the city has to offer, and at the core of this city (in a most literal way) is a beautiful park. Why make it more challenging to access?
If this is about safety and sharing the roads, then create bicycle lanes. No need to limit access to certain individuals or vehicles.
If you close the park road, you are closing the park to so many who value it, who enjoy it and who see it as the essence of this city.

This street needs to be re-opened to cars. It is a beautiful part of our city's heritage and ALL should be able to enjoy it, not just the small minority of citizens who live and bike in the area. Most citizens are not capable of biking on Mont Royal and this current no driving rule excludes them. In addition, the street is one of few that goes across town in a time when traffic and construction has crippled our city. To add to that problem for flights of fancy is just ridiculous. Re-open the street and allow all to enjoy and make use of this street in their cars.

Please do not close Camille Houde because it has caused a major increase in traffic on Dr. Penfield and all the cars trying to get downtown or to the Plateau are made definitively late. It is a mess!

I am against the closure of the road.

My opinion is that:

a. The free traffic through the mountain road should continue as was. Some calming bumps can be added to slow down all vehicules including bycicles especially on the way down.

b. I did not see during the pilot project anything done other than blocking an important city artery, to ensure the cyclists' safety. Cyclists continue to be harmed in all other types of city roads and will be even in a blocked road.

Therefore, my opinion is in summary is to keep the road open.

I sent my opinion and presses on the 2 qualifiers by mistake.
I agree that the offic de consultation publique is not responsible for what I wrote and that my comments can be published.
This goes along with the comments that I just submitted.

I have been running up Camillien Houde & on the mountain trails over 40 years. The accident that caused the death of the biker coming down at a breakneck speed down the Houde was from a tourist that made a u-turn in the middle of the road. I was running up the Houde when the funeral procession was in process. Signs, clearly marked in French in one Color & English in another Color should be clearly marked in strategic spots throughout the mountain so that not only locals can interpret the rules, but tourists as well. That goes for the rest of Montreal as well to protect bikers on roadways. I feel there is no proper planning which creates confusion & disregard for cooperation. Keeping attitude in French & English friendly insures a cooperative community.

Hello,

I consider through-traffic an essential component of contemporary Montréal life - that includes cars, bike, public transport, and pedestrians. The Camilien-House/Remembrance Road stretch is vital to co-existence in this city, bringing together citizens from all segments of Montréal society.

I believe that cars and bikes need to share the road. Here's a solution: Create a concrete median between the cyclists and the cars (there's plenty of room). That would severely reduce any possibility of making u-turns.

Bring the speed level down (say, 40 km/hr). Ensure that cyclists and car drivers respect the rules of the road (stop signs, signaling, etc.)

There is a section of paved road on Remembrance Road that is unused. Perhaps the buses can adopt that section to ensure a better flow of traffic (i.e., less pollution).

Allowing for car traffic on the mountain actually reduces pollution in the city, as traffic congestion is currently a reality throughout the city, exacerbated by the lack of access to Mount Royal. And with construction on city streets a constant for the next decade (as reports have indicated), having Mount Royal open to all forms of traffic works wonders.

Further, let's consider that not everyone in this city is mobile - the elderly, the mobility-challenged, and people who cannot hike up the mountain by foot, or bike, all deserve their place on the mountain.

Perhaps give priority parking to the mobility challenged and the elderly. Stickers can be issued.

If the aim of eliminating cars going cross through the mountain is to protect cyclists, i believe it misses the mark. Throughout the consultation period cars and cyclist continued to share the road when going up the mountain resulting at times in dangerous situations.
My suggestion is simply to divide the road by placing barriers on the road separating cars from the cyclists. This would ensure cyclists safety and would avoid dangerous situations. Obviously the barriers could be of a temporary or permanent nature, that would have to be determined in a cost-benefit analysis.

Cheers

Leave access open year round to off-set traffic woes created by road construction. use your heads !