Cycling in Montreal: Q&A with pioneering activist Robert "Bicycle Bob" Silverman
| dc.contributor.author | Riga, Andy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-25T04:03:16Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-09-25T04:03:16Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-04-15 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This article is an interview with Robert Silverman, known as Bicycle Bob. Silverman is credited with being a pioneer who helped to transform Montreal from a city without bike paths or places to park bikes into one of the most bike-friendly cities in the world. Montreal boasts a large network of bike paths and BIXI bikes (bikes for rent) throughout the city. Silverman began organizing a campaign for bikes in the mid-1970s, using such established techniques of social activism such as massive demonstrations, as well as civil disobedience. He served a very brief time in jail for painting a bike path on a street in order to protest the lack of bike paths in the city. Click on the link to read the interview. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11976/634 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/cycling-in-montreal-qa-with-pioneering-activist-robert-bicycle-bob-silverman | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Montreal Gazette | en_US |
| dc.subject | Silverman, Robert (Bob) | en_US |
| dc.subject | Canada | en_US |
| dc.subject | Social Activism | en_US |
| dc.title | Cycling in Montreal: Q&A with pioneering activist Robert "Bicycle Bob" Silverman | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |