'Bob' et le Monde à Bicyclette

 




     On Saturday some members of the MBC joined a number of other urban cyclists at the corner of Roy and St Denis to pay homage to a revolutionary in urban cycling, Bob Silverman.   He was one of the founders of le Monde à Bicyclette.   It was thanks to his political ideology of social justice and his vivid imagination that the idea of cycling as part of the Montreal urban lifestyle took hold.   He along with Claire Morisette set Montreal on the path to becoming a more human place, regaining automobile space for human activities.

 Les voitures tuent plus que les guerres

     Samedi certains membres de la MBC se sont joints à un nombre d’autres cyclistes au coin de Roy et de St Denis pour rendre hommage à un révolutionnaire du cyclisme urbain, Bob Silverman.  Il est l’un des fondateurs du Monde à Bicyclette.   C’est grâce à son idéologie politique de justice sociale et à son imagination vive que l’idée de faire du vélo dans le cadre du mode de vie urbain montréalais s’est imposée.     Avec Claire Morisette, il a mis Montréal sur la voie d’un lieu plus humain, prenant l’espace automobile pour les activités humaines.

The space taken by one car driver / L’espace pris par un automobiliste


To understand le Monde à Bicyclette's importance for cycling in Montreal, please go to Vimeo and watch:

Pour comprendre l’importance du Monde à Bicyclette pour le cyclisme à Montréal, rendez-vous sur Vimeo et regardez :


La Vélorution - Les 400 coups du Monde à Bicyclette on Vimeo






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