How Montreal took back its streets from cars | The Big Story

Almost everywhere in Canada, the car is king. Even in walkable downtowns of our largest cities, traffic is generally given priority over pedestrians, and any proposal to change that is met with complaints from drivers, businesses and delivery services. But it doesn't have to be that way. There's one Canadian city that has, slowly but surely, taking back some of its most beloved streets and neighbourhoods from daily commuter traffic. This is how Montreal just ... went ahead and did it, and what we can learn from that. GUEST: Toula Drimonis, writing in The Walrus Episode link: https://play.headliner.app/episode/23285154?utm_source=youtube