Laval, Longueuil transit fares cut – for now
The ARTM, facing a general protest over the cost of its AB mode fares from Laval and Longueuil, has reduced them – temporarily – starting in October. Since July, a single fare into town has cost $5.25. The adjustment will bring it down to $4.50 till 2025.
steph 21:51 on 2022-08-25 Permalink
I really hope they don’t rezone the west island as zone AB. It’s technically further from downtown than lots of Longueuil.
JP 21:58 on 2022-08-25 Permalink
This AB to Laval and Longueuil is not helping to attract ridership and I too hope they don’t make West Island AB; although I don’t see it happening…they have the same STM buses as the rest of the Island. Also, $4.50 still seems like a lot to me…$3.75 sounds fairer.
Uatu 06:58 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
They will never make West Island ab because the whole idea is to traverse the island with one fee and that would penalize their primary clients: the condo owners of the caisse real estate development at Fairview
DeWolf 11:38 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
@Uatu, you mean the condo development that CF (not the Caisse) wants to build, which hasn’t started and may not go ahead because the residents of Pointe-Claire think anything but single-family sprawl is abhorrent?
On the other hand, the massive new developments that already exist next to the REM stations on the South Shore are going to add a lot more ridership than any future projects in the West Island, and they’re in zone AB.
Uatu 12:50 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
All of the south shore is AB minimum. Suckers like me are ABC. And everyone between candiac and Longueuil and as far south as st.jean are forced to take it if they cross the Champlain. Ivanhoe Cambridge sold Fairview last year so you’re right about that. Still think that it’s mainly for those condo owners primarily and the rest of us are screwed
steph 14:20 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
Aside from the physical barrier of the river, there`s not much difference between fairvew and Dix30. Aren’t they both caisse developments? I can understand those in the AB zone feeling miffed by the tarrifs.
‘Forcing everyone onto the Dix30 REM’ – I wonder how long that will last before they have to re-open a bus lane on the bridge.
DeWolf 16:33 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
Neither is a Caisse development. As Uatu mentioned, the CDPQ sold off Fairview in 2021 and Dix30 is owned jointly by Oxford and Carbonleo. The big new development across the highway from Dix30 is owned by Devimco.
I’m not sure it will be such a hassle for South Shore commuters to transfer to a train that comes every 2.5 minutes, gets across the bridge faster than a bus, and doesn’t get stuck in traffic when it arrives downtown. (And will eventually take you across the mountain to places that would have required an extra 30-60 minutes or more on public transit.) But I guess we’ll see whether that’s true when the first phase opens this winter.
Uatu 17:25 on 2022-08-26 Permalink
It’s the last mile between my place and the train station that annoys me and most South Shore bus users. Right now the bus ride across the bridge is 20-30 min. and the stop is across the street from my place. Getting stuck in traffic is no big deal when you’re napping in your seat or even doing some work. Now I have to hope I make all the connections to catch my bus at the terminal and if I work weekends that could be a 20-30 min wait. I also work early which means I take the 5:30 am bus, but does that mean that I’m going to take a 5am bus to the train station? Well we’ll see what happens…