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Let me bring back your original comment. I bolded the part where you are incorrect. In the image you graciously annotated, you show that all the street frontage on Carlaw is a 'streetwall' of retail (minus the tiny plaza). On the other side is a street wall of houses that will definitely get...

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First trains being tested in the North Shore. Two car trains will run between the Saint-Eustache maintenance center and the Sainte-Dorothée station from February 24 to March 3. (REM) Images from Facebook:

The only thing it has over the original REM East is that it has better station density. Otherwise its shorter. Is not grade separated. More expensive to run (drivers). The trains will need to be longer to handle the same capacity. https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7110791 The original plan was also...

When St Claire was given it's own right of way the line actually got slower. When the Spadina bus got upgraded to "LRT," the line got slower. When the Flexities arrived in Toronto, the city reduced headways (because they had higher capacity) and slowed down the trains further. So now lines like...

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2024-01-23/rem/a-l-unanimite-montreal-exige-deux-nouvelles-stations.php La Presse reports that the Griffintown station will start construction in 2027. CDPQ is studying whether to construct that station or not. (they really missed the boat on...

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-city-councillors-want-second-rem-station-in-griffintown-1.6735846 Some Montreal councilors want the CDPQ to add a REM station between the (indefinitely delayed) Griffintown-Bernard-Landry station and Nun's Island station. They hope it will be near Bridge...

An Ontario Line-style revamp by Metrolinx is what I hope for. But I guess that is fantasy map territory.

Or, they can elevate it. The Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension is costing 4 Billion for 16km of rail and 8 stations. Build it compact and simple like the Canada Line or the original plan for the REM East. Let's say each elevated station costs 150 million to build; adding 10 more stations to the...

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2024-01-19/transfert-entre-le-rem-et-le-metro/le-raccourci-bientot-ouvert-a-la-place-bonaventure-croit-le-proprietaire.php The REM and Place Bonaventure are in talks to open an accessible shortcut (shown in red) between Gare Central and the...

I'm not a fan of the Metro option (6) having only 4 to 6 stations on an 8.5km line. At that point, you are reaching express-style station spacings, which leaves a lot of gaps in the middle that would require busses. I feel 1 station every 1km should be the average. Option 2 has many connection...

I saw that! The French text is saying that it has a right of way. That can just look like Edmonton LRT with its crossing gates but still on street level. It isn't clear to me if they mean it is totally separated from traffic. Or maybe by 'tramway' they just mean Toronto Streetcars? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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...