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Montreal would be bigger if not for the mayor in charge but Toronto just voted a similar minded one.

REM to open on July 31st from Gare Centrale to Brossard.

Legault is furious, to paraphrase he said to bury really places that it would be messy, not the whole line. https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1993925/rem-est-montreal-reaction-legault

The government already said that it costs too much, and critics are already out there. I've yet to see someone who's for this project besides the "experts" that wrote the report. No project until 2036 if it would be approved in the next months, and transport minister already said that they'll...

The REM de l'Est had much more positive public opinion (about 80%) than the Québec City streetcar (48%) and the latter is going forward. Plante, for someone who's supposed to be pro-transit, is more into urbanist stuff than actually doing transit for her residents. The new project is...

Not the government but a team that was meant to optimize the project and failed spectacularly. This project will never happen, this is what "experts" come out with other people's money. Best bet is that it's dead or a glimmer of hope is the premier will scold them and get back to the CDPQi's...

Another delay for the REM, but it's in days or couple of weeks. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2023-05-17/la-mise-en-service-du-rem-de-nouveau-reportee.php

Prices fluctuates from 40-60% on a week. It's ridicukous. Lays chips are about 2,49$ to 4,49$ depending on the week. How can't that be corporate greed?

Yes, it's being studied but ridership would be quite low it seems.

Alstom iLint Hydrogen train to be used as a pilot for the Charlevoix tourist train. https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/entreprises/2023-02-02/projet-pilote-de-quebec-avec-alstom/un-premier-train-de-passagers-a-hydrogene-vert-en-amerique-du-nord.php

We'll I guess that New Brunswick and Quebec are not part of North America then. What's your shoe size? Cause in Montreal we use the EU format. Just a quick search: https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/11/18/des-stationnements-payants-pour-le-rem Le coût prévu du REM était de 5,5 G$ en 2016...

In writing, k$, M$, G$ are of standard usage yes.

I stand by my gigadollar. We had this debate years ago.

Seeing that Bloor-Yonge upgrades are costing 1,5G$, it's something to look into.

Not the stations without massive upgrades.

Now "experts" are saying that a dowtown link is required because of the green line being incapable of absorbing the additional users. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2023-01-25/rem-de-l-est/sans-connexion-au-centre-ville-la-ligne-verte-en-voie-d-etre-surchargee.php

About transit construction costs in Montreal. Since the Laval metro extension cost "fiasco" at 750M$, all capital intensive projects in Quebec that are financed have the interest costs and related projects built in the price. So the blue line extension at 5G$ has big chunk of that amount just...

They have ice racks on the REM pantographs, the tests done didn't have them on, so it's normal that it failed. Updates on the "REM" de l'Est. https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2023-01-23/rem-de-l-est/des-trains-aeriens-sur-sherbrooke-mais-pas-dans-mercier-est.php

Yeah, passed by on another train. (I took the pic)