page_title: Cycling in Canada
section_title: Montreal
hierarchical_section_title: Cycling in Canada / Cycling by area / Quebec / Montreal
caption_attribution_description: Bixi Bike Sharing, Montreal
context_page_description: Cycling in Canada is experienced in various ways across a geographically huge, economically and socially diverse country. Among the reasons for cycling in Canada are for practical reasons such as commuting to work or school, for sports such as road racing, BMX, Mountain bike racing, freestyle BMX, as well as for pure recreation. The amount and quality of bicycle infrastructure varies widely across the country as do the laws pertaining to cyclists such as bicycle helmet laws which can differ by province.
context_section_description: Montreal is one of the few North American cities to have been listed as a bicycle friendly city on the Copenhagenize index. Montreal has a long history of activism for bicycle infrastructure thanks to the work of Le Monde à bicyclette and was one of the earliest Canadian cities to install bicycle lanes. As of 2015, the Montreal had 530 km of bike lanes and shared routes, with plans for 800 km total network by 2015. Montreal began a pilot implementation of the bicycle-sharing system known as BIXI in 2008.  Users purchase daily or subscription usages for bikes, located in various depots throughout the city.
  The Coupe du Monde Cycliste Féminine de Montréal female professional racing event has been held in Montreal since 1998.  the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal has also been held since 2010.
caption: Launched in 2008, BIXI Montréal was the first large-scale bicycle-sharing system in North America.
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