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Montreal's Biggest Bike Festival Is Back With 3 City-Wide Rides, Including A Night Adventure

As Montreal gears up for the return of the Go Bike Festival, early bird tickets are now on sale for the chance to participate in one of North America's biggest cycling events.

Scheduled to run from May 28 to June 4, the week-long festival celebrates Montreal's esteemed position as a top biking city.

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Montreal Was Named One Of The Best Cycling Cities In The World Thanks In Part To Mayor Plante

Whether you have your own bike or you're a loyal BIXI customer, we can all agree there's nothing like riding a bicycle in Montreal on a hot summer day. Now, our bicycle-friendliness is getting more international recognition. CNN Travel has included Montreal in its list of "10 of the best cities in the world to see while riding a bicycle."

Montreal was the only Canadian metropolis to make the list.

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Montreal BIXI Season Is Officially Over — Here's When You Can Ride Again

November 16 marked the first day of the post-BIXI Montreal season, as well as the first snowfall in Montreal. You might be wondering when your beloved bike-sharing system will be back, and why the city is taking it away from you in the first place — Here's everything you need to know.

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Quebec Police Listed The Regions With The Most Deadly Road Accidents In 2021

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) released Quebec road accident stats for 2021, showing a 6.06% increase in fatal collisions compared to 2020, when lockdowns and travel restrictions forced many people off the roads.

According to Thursday's statement by the SQ, the Quebec police force responded to 245 deadly car accidents in 2021. In those 245 accidents, 262 people were declared dead, a 4.8% increase from 2020.

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Montrealers Rode ALL The BIXIs In 2021 With 5.8 Million Trips & More New Users Than Ever

Montrealers clearly love BIXI bikes, as illustrated by the company's record-breaking statistics for the 2021 season, which has just come to an end. If you have any doubts about that love, just take a look at the 5.8 million trips taken over the year.

Alexandre Taillefer, chairman of the board of directors of BIXI Montreal, called the company's historic figures "a testament to the ever-growing importance of the bike-sharing service, particularly the popularity of the growing number of stations and electrically-assisted bicycles."

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Montreal's BIXI Season Starts Winding Down Soon — Here's How Much Time Is Left To Ride

As summer winds down, so does the BIXI Montréal season. If you've been relying on the bike-sharing system to get around over the past five months, you may be wondering when you'll have to start using other modes of transit. Remember waiting for busses? Ugh.

The answer is November 15, which is when the BIXI season ends. Bixi says the bikes are taken off the network that day, and moved into storage in a warehouse in Rosemont-La Petite Patrie so they can "spend the winter warm inside."

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