A "ghost bike" appeared Friday morning at the Rosemont location where cyclist Meryem Anoun was killed by a truck a week ago.
Anoun was riding straight ahead on Belanger Street when a truck turned right from Belanger onto 6th Avenue, hitting and killing her.
Around 100 people, including members of Anoun's family, community members, and cyclists, showed up for the ceremony.
One community member led the crowd in an Arabic song, while a staff member from Anoun's work, nearby Ecole Montcalm, spoke of her as a kind and sensible individual.
A white-painted ghost bike was then installed at the corner, decorated with a picture of Anoun, and flowers brought by the crowd.
Such ghost bikes appear in a number of cities, and are intended to act as memorials, while highlighting locations where cyclists have been killed in accidents.
Anoun's son Badr Jaidi was there for the memorial, and said he hopes his mom's death won't be for nothing.
"I'm really touched that people care about what's happening and are trying to change things. And I hope my mom is the last one that will go through this."
Gabrielle Anctin, a cycling advocate who helped install the ghost bike, said she hopes it's a wake-up call for the city's executive council, which she says has delayed implementing numerous proposed road safety measures for three months, giving the proposals just ten days to be approved before they lapse.
"They've left it on the shelf to gather dust, it's horrifying to think that the administration isn't doing anything. We see full well that cyclists get killed because of their inaction."
Anctin said that in the absence of better measures to protect cyclists, truck drivers need to be attentive and aware at the wheel.
"I think it's important for truck drivers to remember all these blind spots, of course, if they can't see they can't see. But it's true that there is a problem with the cohabitation between very vulnerable users and large trucks on our streets."