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City of Montreal touts success of ‘sanitary corridors,’ critics disagree
Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce creates more pedestrian walkways, shared streets On Thursday, the city announced new data to show that their plan is working.Mount-royal Ave., which is closed to cars from Parc Avenue to Fullum Street, is seeing on average about 15,000 pedestrians a day at De La Roche Street, its busiest intersection.Meanwhile, Wellington Street in Verdun, is seeing similar numbers, with an average of 12,000 people a day.City officials say vehicle traffic across the city is down about 20 per cent since the start of the pandemic.