If you are coming by bike, here are a few recommended routes to the start site on avenue du Parc, corner avenue des Pins.

 

From the north: Follow the av. Christophe-Colomb / rue Boyer bike path, then turn right onto rue Rachel; continue until you reach rue Saint-Urbain, then turn left. Continue until you reach avenue des Pins, then turn right. Keep going until you get to avenue du Parc.

 

From the west: Follow the boul. De Maisonneuve bike path as far as av. du Parc, then turn left. Keep going until you get to avenue des Pins.

 

From the south: Follow the rue Notre-Dame bike path head west, then turn right onto rue Berri bike path, then left onto boul. De Maisonneuve bike path. Continue until you reach avenue du Parc, then turn right. Keep going until you get to avenue des Pins.

 

From the east: Follow the rue Rachel bike path. Continue until you reach rue Saint-Urbain, then turn left. Continue until you reach avenue des Pins, then turn right. Keep going until you get to avenue du Parc.

 

By metro?

Passengers with bicycles will have access to ten metro stations in the morning and to four on the way home. A total of 16 bicycles will be allowed on board the first car of each train. However, tandems, tricycles and trailers will be prohibited.

 

In order to ensure compliance with the limit of 16 bicycles per train, no transfers will be permitted at the Snowdon, Jean-Talon, Lionel-Groulx and Berri-UQAM stations, either on the way to the event or on the way home. STM employees will be on duty in the stations to point you in the right direction. Please give them your cooperation. Extra trains will be added. For more information about the metro map, consult the STM Web site: www.stm.info.

 

The STM would also like to inform cyclists that in the event of an emergency requiring the trains to be evacuated, bicycles must be left on board to provide for the safety of passengers. Also, even in the event of bad weather, the only four stations accessible to cyclists heading home will be those indicated above.

 

By car?

All of the parking spaces listed below are within two kilometres of the event start line and finish line. Please consult the maps with the schedules of street closures to plan your route.

 

École Le Plateau            
Free • Parking facilities open especially for the Tour de l’Île.

3700, av. Calixa-Lavallée (via rue Sherbrooke)

 

Note: the following parkings can not accommodate vehicles with bicycle roof racks.

 

UQÀM                                   
Cost: $9 per day           

2020, rue Saint-Urbain
1435, rue Sanguinet (between De Maisonneuve and Sainte-Catherine)

 

Complexe Desjardins                     
Cost: $10 per day           

Entrance 1: rue Jeanne-Mance (between Sainte-Catherine and René-Lévesque)

Entrance 2: rue Saint-Urbain (between Sainte-Catherine and René-Lévesque)

Place Dupuis
Cost: $11 per day
Entrance: rue Saint-Hubert (between De Maisonneuve and Sainte-Catherine)
 

Parking on the street

You can also park your vehicle on the streets around the Tour de l’Île de Montréal start site. But be sure watch the signs!