MAY Mathilde Blais’s death not be in vain. A few hundred people gathered Monday morning to honour the 33-year-old cyclist killed April 28 when she was hit by a truck in an underpass on St-Denis St. at des Carrières St. ... Blais ... is not the first cyclist to lose her life in Montreal.... But her death has resonated deeply....
... As Gabrielle Anctil, the organiser of Monday’s ceremony, noted, our streets “were conceived for cars”. ... Quebec Transport Minister Robert Poëti quickly promised to update the provincial Highway Code, since cyclists are becoming more numerous and “we all have to share our roads”. Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre lent his support to two motions by the Projet Montréal opposition, calling for revision of the Highway Code and the province’s automobile-insurance law to make cycling safer. ... — (May 5)
