Vision Vélo 2025

Quebec's road safety record continues to improve, but we all agree that we need to do more and better. It's important to address the sense of insecurity that is often a barrier to cycling.

Safe cycling should be a right, not an act of bravery. So why doesn't Quebec take the same approach? Vision zero, which would become the guiding principle of a strategy to avoid the tragedies that are still all too common on our roads?

In 2025

• A new Road Safety Code is now in force, taking into account the contemporary use of bicycles. It is based on the principle of prudence, systematically giving priority to the most vulnerable.
• Visit Vision zero fatalities and serious injuries is in place and guides the various strategies of the Quebec government and the municipal sector with regard to road development and safety issues.
• The practical education program Cycliste averti, designed for elementary school children, is now available in all Quebec schools.
• Driving courses and truck driver training include a section on cohabitation between motor vehicle drivers and vulnerable road users.

Transforming the environment is essential to offer cyclists safety and comfort, and to encourage new people to use bicycles regularly.

In 2025

• The development of cycling space in our municipalities takes into account the needs of cyclists of all ages and skill levels.
• All sections of the Route verte are overhauled and upgraded.
• Places and routes have been formally identified to enable cycling for sporting purposes.
• A network of mountain bike trails is in place in every region of Quebec.

Cycling is more popular than ever, but its potential remains under-exploited and its development under-funded. With all the government policies recently adopted (GHG reduction, energy strategy, health prevention policy, physical activity, sport and recreation policy 2027) and those to come in the area of sustainable mobility, everything is in place for the Quebec government to make firm commitments to promote the development and use of bicycles.

In 2025

• The Quebec government applies a cycling policy with clear, measurable objectives.
• The Quebec government finances cycling infrastructure, in partnership with the Canada Transportation Infrastructure Fund (CTIF), to the tune of 100 M$ annually.

Exploit the full potential of the bicycle and increase its range tenfold by taking advantage of technological advances, such as the electric-assist bicycle, to lower the distance barrier and make it more accessible. Efficiently combine active and public transport with new forms of mobility.

In 2025

• Citizens have access to a financial assistance program for the acquisition of bicycles, including electric-assist bicycles.
• You can integrate cycling into all your urban and inter-city journeys by accessing transport with your bike and benefiting from appropriate facilities such as bike stations.

If it is to be known, disseminated and become a reality, this Bicycle Vision 2025 must be supported by as many partners as possible over the coming months and years, in a variety of contexts and on different platforms, in order to raise the profile of cycling in our society.

In 2025

• A network enables leaders who contribute to the development of cycling to mobilize quickly on various issues likely to advance the cycling cause.