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Montréal Transit Developments

SFO-YYZ said:
When do you expect an official announcement of the conversion or "upgrade" from tramway to REM for the Lachine segment? Personally I think incorporating it into the larger REM network makes sense, simplifying the system for all users and probably will likely add more capacity/frequency to this segment.

Also, do you expect the Lachine REM to loop back to YUL and connecting with the YUL spur currently under construction?
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Summer 2020 and yes, I suspect the CPDQi wants the Vaudreuil line's ridership as a given for profits.

Plus if the REM is extended to Laval, it would make sense to reroute a branch.
 
p_xavier said:
I would see the Yellow line contining to Parc station under the avenue of the same name. Or to be cheap just a new extension to McGill as it was planned by the AMT years prior.

The Lachine line is expected to be REM in transit circles.
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A stop near Du Parc and Des Pins would suffice, no need to parallel the Orange Line for the entire stretch to Parc Stn.

I will step a bit into fantasy territory here, be warned, probably because the situation in Montreal seems so hopeful and optimistic in contrast to Toronto's but here goes:

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This would solve a number of issues currently facing Montreal:

- What to do with the Yellow Line. This has been a 3-stop stubway since the 1960s. To make the line more useful, have it extend south via Chambly to St Hubert Airport, creating a secondary air hub for the region after PETA with a direct link to downtown
- Gives the Pink Line viability. Valerie Plante used the Lachine link - which was incorporated after her initial Pink Line proposal which only went as far as Gare Centrale - as a marketing ploy to win votes in the western suburbs. Without this key component, the Pink Line loses some of its sheen but interwoven with the Yellow Line gives it back that broad, all-encompassing regional appeal
- Links Montreal Nord to the south shore and downtown. Commutes that take hours now could be a half hour or less per this plan.
- Doesn't create too many interchanges. With McGill and Bonaventure becoming interchanges, adding Place des Arts and Mont Royal into the mix would have been too much overkill. Dumping loads of passengers at random spots requiring more transfers is not a good idea. Berri UQAM Yellow Line platforms would suffice.
- Chance to modify tunnel in Old Port for a Bonsecours Station. Also potential interchange with the Notre Dame Tramway.
- In the inner city add another stop near La Fontaine Park. And in St Leonard at Lacordaire and Couture.
- More likely to get CAQ approval because it runs through Longueil/South Shore, not just Island of Montreal
 
Hopkins123 said:
- Doesn't create too many interchanges. With McGill and Bonaventure becoming interchanges, adding Place des Arts and Mont Royal into the mix would have been too much overkill. Dumping loads of passengers at random spots requiring more transfers is not a good idea. Berri UQAM Yellow Line platforms would suffice.
- Chance to modify tunnel in Old Port for a Bonsecours Station. Also potential interchange with the Notre Dame Tramway.
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The new ARTM project is specifically to address the first point, which is to reduce passengers transferring at Berri. The more transfer stations the better, it usually means less transfers ovetall.

A Bonsecours station was looked at by the STM two decades ago and it is nearly impossible to build.
 
So the QC government priorities for the new year will be projects for the environment, mainly new transit projects. The projects will mainly need to be at grade/aerial, as underground is too expensive.

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L’environnement avant l’identité cet hiver pour la CAQ

Le premier ministre a choisi de faire de l’environnement sa priorité et il ne veut pas échouer.
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p_xavier said:
So the QC government priorities for the new year will be projects for the environmnet, mainly new trainsit projects. The projects will mainly need to be at grade/aerial as undeground it's too expensiv.

ici.radio-canada.ca

L’environnement avant l’identité cet hiver pour la CAQ

Le premier ministre a choisi de faire de l’environnement sa priorité et il ne veut pas échouer.
ici.radio-canada.ca ici.radio-canada.ca
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Surprising from a right of centre, conservative government. But then again, maybe not so surprising in the context of Quebec in that the province as a whole has been relatively more forward thinking when it comes to transit investment and adoption.
 
SFO-YYZ said:
Surprising from a right of centre, conservative government. But then again, maybe not so surprising in the context of Quebec in that the province as a whole has been relatively more forward thinking when it comes to transit investment and adoption.
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It used to not be this way. The Ontario Conservatives built and created the GO Train system.
 
robmausser said:
It used to not be this way. The Ontario Conservatives built and created the GO Train system.
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Even now, we're not exactly in Mike Harris' time on the transit file. Don't get me wrong, we're seeing a lot of misguided policies coming out of Queen's Park that are going to leave most people worse off. But a lot of transit remains under construction.
 
robmausser said:
It used to not be this way. The Ontario Conservatives built and created the GO Train system.
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And our highway, education, health care, and welfare systems, basically Ontario as we know it today. The Bill Davis era was a different time for Conservative politics in Ontario.

I'm not particularly surprised that Quebec is moving forward with these projects. The CAQ may be many things, but regressive in infrastructure and economic investment does not seem to be one.
 
WislaHD said:
And our highway, education, health care, and welfare systems, basically Ontario as we know it today. The Bill Davis era was a different time for Conservative politics in Ontario.

I'm not particularly surprised that Quebec is moving forward with these projects. The CAQ may be many things, but regressive in infrastructure and economic investment does not seem to be one.
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The CAQ ruled out tax cuts because they didn't want to cut into services.

Anyways, transit money should be flowing soon.
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Transports collectifs: des sommes «colossales» investies, dit Bonnardel

Le gouvernement de la Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) « investira comme aucun gouvernement ne l’a jamais fait dans les transports collectifs », a affirmé le ministre des Transports du Québec, François Bonnardel, devant un parterre de plus de 300 personnes provenant principalement du milieu de la...
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