Tramway? Not so fast
No sooner is a tramway proposed for the east end than it’s disclaimed by the ARTM, which says the idea reported by La Presse two days ago didn’t come from its official channels.
The mayor too was not keen on the idea as presented.
Whatever the “projet structurant de l’Est” ends up to be, it won’t be the pink line, the REM de l’Est or the mooted tram, but… something else. Eventually.
Anton 10:40 on 2023-08-21 Permalink
Let me present the Projet Via Bus, on the Notre Dame corridor and acquired CN right of way:
„Mémoire de l’Agence métropolitaine de Transport (AMT) présenté au Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement dans le cadre du
Projet de modernisation de la rue Notre-Dame à Montréal’“
Agence métropolitaine de transport
Jan 2002
https://voute.bape.gouv.qc.ca/dl/?id=00000086521
Forgetful 18:57 on 2023-08-21 Permalink
There has been so many transit studies in Montreal, it’s disheartening to see how much time has been wasted. First heard about the Viabus thing from my dad when CDPQ and the City presented the REM de l’Est. He said that there was a very vocal minority against the project at the time and the project was shelved, and that he was expecting to see the same thing for the REM de l’Est. I told him that there was no way Valérie Plante, Queen of transit and active mobility, would abandon 30km of metro at a 6th the cost of the old rubber-tyre STM metro, and that we were on the verge of a transit revolution with the Quebec Tramway and the first REM. Oh how I was wrong haha.
Hal 07:09 on 2023-08-22 Permalink
One student and three months v a French company with 11 – 50 employees and $1,13 million. The student version works. The French version is promised for 2024… https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/grand-montreal/2023-08-22/recharge-de-la-carte-opus-avec-un-cellulaire/un-etudiant-dame-le-pion-a-l-artm.php