1 year since the first segment of the REM opened. https://rem.info/en/news/rem-first-birthday Article doesn't say much. Just acknowledges the first few months had "challenges"

They are working as of 2 seconds ago. Earlier they were moving things using the crane.

I biked 135.93km yesterday. Just because my lycra-wearing butt can handle the chaos of the current road designs, doesn't mean that kids and other less experienced users should not be protected. Safe bike infra is meant to keep people safe. A stopped UPS truck that causes a list to veer, of...

That's a huge jump in logic, assuming the equipment was unpermited. The construction, if I remember, was for the new upgraded westbound bike lane!

Isn't that where construction is currently closing off the bike lane going further west? I remember needing to bike using the freshly built eastbound bike line a few weeks ago to continue going west. (by going the wrong way)

Or... People can read the business case report. 600 people per 4-car train is technically true. If I remember correctly, Metrolinx is going launch the line with the "Refined Operating Concept" that has shorter 80m trains and up to 34 trains/h. But the line will be built to handle 40 5-car...

The Ontario Line vehicles will not be designed to work in contexts that include cars. That in itself will exclude it from being an "LRT" in the common American/Canadian sense or a Stadtbahn in the German sense. Just because they have pantographs does not make it a Stadtbahn. The REM and...

Driver drives the wrong way next to Finch LRT track.

Yes, by a crown corporation with a vision.

https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2024-07-19/prolongement-de-la-ligne-bleue/encore-plus-cher-et-encore-plus-en-retard.php Blue Line Extention's earliest opening date is now 2031. Now expected to cost 7.6+ billion. Only one company bid on the contract and is extracting...

What you wrote right here is you imposing your logic on my argument. Very frustrating and not constructive. By my logic, I would be more nuanced. I don't see why my logic would mandate work from home when a person can go to work or shop within a short (and safe!) bike ride from home. Downtown...

Hard to explain. But I kind of would like to make sure these 4 percent get to where they need to safely. I think about the delivery driver who got hit by an Uber that hit him on the Bay bike lanes. I only saw the aftermath. The cyclist was on the ground while the driver got out of his car to...

Wear a jacket and gloves. Wear glasses for the cold wind. When I used to have a car I used to need to scrape the ice after parking it outside. My hands would freeze while I brushed the snow off the hood/roof and scraped the glass. That process added 5-10min to my 'comfort' of driving. Now, I...

I'll wait for Steve Munro's analysis before making any judgments. Anyway, from the article: It's happening!

CDPQ's new rail plan for Quebec City. Mix of tram and BRT routes built in 3 phases.

The current plan that replaced REM East includes a tram with some portions running in the median of Highway 40. It might even have a tunnel portion in Repentigny if ARTM's renders are an indication. It's more of a tram in the UK sense where it will run on the streets on its own dedicated...

Plante mentioned in the news article that if the Provincial Gov wanted to fund and build metro lines instead of trams, she was up for it. But said that she thinks trams are more cost-effective, so that is what they will plan.

Mayer Plante released her vision for Montreal transit. 180km of trams, according to the article, but I'm not sure where they got that number. https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montreal-will-build-200k-more-housing-units-several-tramways-by-2050-plante-1.6922233 Anyone fluent in Frenchcan fish out...

Of course. But if the price increase is a percentage, the initial cost estimate is still important. The tram proposal is costing 570 million per station (and 470 per km) That compared to 416 million per station for the REM East (322m per km). The REM will need at least a 37 percent cost...

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/artm-proposes-tramway-project-for-eastern-montreal-that-skips-direct-link-to-downtown The tram's downtown segment through Notre-Dame has been cut back. New price tag is 18B. 31 stations over 38km City segments are expected to have a speed of 30km/h...