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CBC Radio-Canada is also reporting that the ARTM is almost ready to announce a 'light rail' that would replace the REM East. They say that it would cost 13 Billion because it would be at street level. But the article makes it unclear whether the LRT will be a street-running tram or not...

CBC's article on it has higher-resolution maps. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/public-transit-light-rail-lachine-dorval-1.7084309 Option 1: Option 2: Option 3: Option 4: Option 5: Option 6:

I noticed many more broken docks in 2023. Sometimes, I'd bike to a dock with one or two empty docks only to find that they are empty because they don't lock. I can see how someone could just dump the bike and leave if in a rush. Or if they don't realize that it didn't lock, someone would take it...

Lille Metro says hello with its 66-second rush hour frequency. The system can handle 60s but the operator found 66s to be optimal when accounting for boarding and PSDs.

As far as I can tell, they call it "the Smart Track Stations program" and not the "Smart Track Line" or whatever. The Smart Track branding is just a useless holdover to keep some politicians' egos from bruising. These stations will be branded as regular GO stations once they open. The...

Do they have to be car mile converts for them to be worth your time? Many bus and subway lines were over capacity (pre-pandemic). RER relieving/speeding up corridors is good for the greater system as a whole. The UP Express is seen success because the trains are full. So full that there is...

Because making the road prettier and more attractive to build on should be secondary to a rapid "transit" project. Moving people efficiently should be the main priority. Hamilton and other cities will continue to grow. We should build it for a future that transforms latent demand from private...

My big wish is this would have been resurrected as a Canada Line sized (rolling stock/stations/cut and cover) line that actually would have sped up travel time and kept operating costs low. Surrey-Langley have a population similar to Hamilton and between them are getting a 16km Skytrain...

This just shows that the actual LRT costs are half of what is announced. The other half is utility and other city infra upgrades.

Tram platform edge doors! Nice! These look similar to the Pie-IX BRT shelters in Montreal. They have glass protection at the bus stop. (Notably, not at the covered 'pathway' section.) (source) (Source) The York BRT has sections with fully enclosed areas. (Source) Finch West...

Documents got removed? Anyone go the chance to download them?

"As the only station at a T intersection" I noticed that they put bollards in front of the station for the inevitable Toronto Driver™️ smashing into the building. 🤣

This back-and-forth has been going on for a whole page. Time to go back to the topic.

That is because the province's Transportation Plan looking towards 2051 includes tastements about a 'conceptual' future extention of the Ontario Line as a loop between Pearson Airport and Richmond Hill Centre. It also included this map, Ontario Line Loop is marked number 30: The Document...

That would get in the way of snow plowing in winter I imagine.

I messaged the marketing office asking about Crews & Tangos. They said that Crews has the right of first refusal for the retail space at the base. I then asked if the space has any features that would allow Crews to have a dance venue as it does currently, but I have not heard back yet.

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/the-bill-for-the-rem-swells-to-7-95b-but-the-cdpq-will-absorb-those-costs/wcm/2f7c8df6-0dfd-46c0-a891-39bcc2142e72/amp/ Break down of the cost overruns for the project. $800 million because of supply chain issues and pandemic measures plus the war in...

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/city-of-montreal-stm-face-criticism-over-plans-to-cut-down-trees-for-pie-ix-bus-lane-1.6522204 107 trees are planned to be cut for the Pie-IX BRT extension to Notre Dame. They are saying the trees need to be removed for sidewalk widening, Which seems weird. But have...

My personal worry is that they would not, in fact, pay the labour cost and instead end up with a low-frequency line. That could happen because the labour cost to ridership ratio might not be there for a slower LRT in the suburbs. Keep in mind that the line is 32km but only expected to have a...

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/after-bumpy-first-week-your-rem-questions-answered/wcm/33bd0fe2-19e8-4538-bb57-8f88caa37d30/ Montreal Gazette had the REM's spokesperson answer some readers' questions. On Griffintown Station, they said a construction plan for it will be released by...