by Timothy Edward, Local Journalism Initiative reporter

Montreal cyclists held a ‘die-in’ protest during the evening rush hour on Monday at the corner of Parc and Bernard, the site of fatal collision between a cyclist and a truck on Sunday.

Protest organizers Vélorution Montréal are calling for safer infrastructure and lower speed limits on Parc, noting that cycling advocates have been raising this issue for 50 years.

There have been eight cyclist and pedestrian deaths on Parc since 2013. The Mile End stretch of Parc Avenue currently features two ghost bikes — bikes painted white and decorated with flowers to commemorate cyclists killed in traffic accidents — on the corners of Mont-Royal and St-Viateur.