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...

If you create a heatmap of every 'very specific' collision, you'd probably cover every inch of arterial/main street in the city, depending on how many years back you go. Calling crashes 'specific' is not the defense you think it is.

False. Metrolinx has been eying a 'Lakeshore' relief line since at least 2011. And a relief line going to Donmills and Eglinton has been envisioned since at least 1985.

Rare on this one spot? Sure, rare on the whole corridor? I won't be so sure. Cars crash all the time all over. You want to protect the right of way from potential intrusions to minimize disruption.

Those curbs should be high enough and strong enough to stop cars. I know it's not scenic, but the current ones seem more of a suggestion. Why not use similar ones used to stop them from running of the bridge?

Announced today: REM delayed. wont open at the end of 2024 as previously announced. They blame complexities in the Mount Royale tunnel. Deux-Montagnes and Anse-à-l’Orme branches don't have an official opening estimate anymore. Status update: the tunnel has finished all 'infrastructure' and now...

It is at the southernmost edge of the station. Underneath where platforms 24 to 27 used to be. From this link:

New shortcut between Gare Centrale and Place Bonaventure opens tomorrow. REM says the path requires the use of stairs 'initially'. A new REM ticket vending machine will be installed there in the future...

Trillium line extension is officially delayed further into Summer. Confederation line testing between Blair and Montreal stations is happening next week. https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/trillium-line-hits-another-delay-opening-pushed-back-through-the-summer-1.6786026