REM items in its first week
Metro tested various ways of getting to the existing REM stations and rates them.
TVA says the REM line was probably struck by lightning at some point during Thursday’s storm, but wasn’t damaged.
La Presse emphasizes that the initial bugs have to be worked out of the REM by August 21, when a major part of the RTL bus system will be changed to adapt its routes to the REM.
DeWolf 10:53 on 2023-08-05 Permalink
I tried it out on Thursday and was pretty happy with the experience. The views from Central Station to Panama are incredible – especially the viaduct leading to Nun’s Island, which offers a perspective on the city I’ve never seen before (and I suppose nobody has, since there are no other tall structures in that area).
Uatu 14:08 on 2023-08-05 Permalink
I wonder why the RTL doesn’t keep the 45 accordion buses available as an emergency shuttle. Where are they going to use them? Actually I wonder why they don’t run those buses up and down the length of taschereau blvd… Or maybe that’s the plan?
CE 15:29 on 2023-08-05 Permalink
The RTL is saying that they’re going to redeploy the busses that used to cross the river to other routes to increase service elsewhere. I imagine a few older busses will be retired as well.
Faiz Imam 20:59 on 2023-08-05 Permalink
There is a lot of complaints about the poor local bus service at the moment. I understand they cant transtion the entire network overnight, but this 3 week gap between shutting down the 45/90 and increasing local service is causing some serious issues for people.