How quickly did the Ontario line get to construction? Toronto didn't have large scale projects for a long time either, and the Ontario government didn't have to give full control to a private entity to get it built. The past is not necessarily a good indication for the future. If ARTM gets...

There were about 10-15 columns, articles, etc. about the situation this morning, I'll try to summarize: - Most of the opposition to the project came from downtown/Hochelaga, which is the part that's being cancelled. It's also the only part that CDPQi considered profitable, and that's why...

Honestly, it wasn't nearly as busy as the Orange line, ever. Pre-pandemic I always took the metro from Beaudry to Peel at 8:00/8:30, and I never really had an issue. This will probably bring back the original plan that was being studied by STM: A BRT on René-Lévesque blvd.

Silver lining: They'll study the possibility of extending the line to Repentigny and Laval at both ends of the truncated line.

Rumour has it (on TVA news last night) that the REM East projet will be put on hold in order to improve it.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2022-04-14/troisieme-lien-quebec-levis/deux-tunnels-6-5-milliards-et-de-l-etalement-urbain.php To summarize Quebec City third link: 2 tubes, transit lanes reduced to rush hour peak direction only bus and HOV lane. Interesting fact, the government...

The problem sometimes is that people will advocate for rail and only rail, without considering any other kind of mode. You can fund many more buses between Calgary and Edmonton for the same price as a brand new rail line. As with everything, if it's well connected to transit at both ends and...

Yes, they're owned by RATP and SNCF and some other very minor shareholders. In other news from La Presse, the 3rd link is just split into two smaller tubes instead of one big tunnel. Bus lanes will likely be only rush hour HOV/transit lanes.

It's a french multinational specializing in mass transportation project management and engineering. They're behind the Dubai Metro, they worked on NYC East Side Access, etc.

It came down to a decision between servicing the railway station or the busiest part of basse-ville. I think if they ever build a north-south line it should go to the train station. and meet the east-west line at Youville. Gare du Palais is directly facing the Québec City courthouse and really...

Calm down. It's some random minister who said that the project needs 50%+1 support in the population. He said that on Tuesday morning. On Tuesday afternoon, when the Premier himself was asked about this, he contradicted his ministers and said he would authorize the decree and just said the...

It's nice that the bike lanes abruptly end at St-Laurent 😅

That's because even in Quebec City CAQ gets its votes from the suburbs. the urban neighbourhoods of QC are Québec Solidaire. No one is defending CAQ on this one though

There will always be hard-liners who won't sway. They also tend to be the ones we hear about the most, but I can tell you a lot of people agree with the changes. I personally do. I think CDPQi and the government got the message and that's the important part. I'm involved in a community group...

So far they've added 500m underground downtown, several kms underground in Montreal North, changed the route through Tétraultville. Those are actually good improvements. Don't you realize that if nobody opposed the project CDPQi wouldn't have accepted those changes?

Then maybe you should leave the big city and move to a large piece of land where you'll be alone and won't have to deal with other people's opinions... Public debate is healthy, and I encourage you to go to those public forums and advocate for the line as it is. Make your voice heard, that's...

Maybe calling them stupid isn't a good place to start if you want to make a point... Their priorities are not yours and you should respect that. You're missing the point. People don't really want this to be abandoned, they just want REM East to be improved. They'll advocate for more extreme...

My understanding is that Via is providing the fleet and will own the infrastructure. I might be wrong though

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-s-metro-network-to-get-five-new-stations-along-blue-line-in-east-end-1.5825185 Blue line to be extended by 5 stops, with slight modifications. They will cut the number of secondary entrances, elevators and escalators, use a tunnel-boring machine for...

Yeah that's what I was talking about: Having the northbound trains operate from Côte-de-Liesse (Exo St-Jérôme, Exo Mascouche, VIA Mtl-TR-QC, VIA Senneterre/Jonquière) and the south/west bound trains operate from Gare Centrale or Lucien-L'Allier (Adirondack, Océan, HFR TOM, Exo Hudson, Exo...