Every day, thousands of pedestrians take Rue Jean-Brillant to get to the Côte-des-Neiges metro station, the nearby commercial street of the same name or the Université de Montréal. To improve the pedestrian experience and offer a safe and welcoming space for walking, the project aims to make Rue Jean-Brillant a pedestrian street between Chemin de la Côte-des-Neiges and Avenue Decelles, increasing the green space of the area’s only large park and creating a new public place for residents. 

Objectives

• Create an urban promenade by expanding the park through a user-friendly, street-accessible design that can be enjoyed year round.
• Make the street more narrow to give users a new public space that confirms their sense of belonging to the area. 
• Make the area safer for vulnerable users. 
• Improve pedestrian space by promoting walking as a priority mode of transportation. 
• Promote a safe, sustainable and welcoming design on a human scale that can be used all year long.  
• Make active transportation safer near intersections, institutions, homes and the Parc Jean-Brillant. 

The project’s design concept is still being determined through community consultations. It will become permanent in summer 2022.