Metro or tramway for the Sud-Ouest?
The ARTM is beginning consultations on how to improve public transit to the Sud-Ouest part of town – a tram or bus rapid transit to Lachine from Angrignon. A possible metro extension is mentioned too, but is probably a long shot.
Taylor 16:55 on 2024-01-15 Permalink
It’s maddening how these decisions seem to be based more on whichever way the wind is blowing and never on a comprehensive strategy designed to remove cars from roads and lower the city’s emissions footprint
Kate 17:27 on 2024-01-15 Permalink
I don’t want to get too cynical, but I find myself assuming that public consultations like this are mostly PR exercises, ass‑covering so that later, when an unpopular decision is handed down, they can always say “but we held consultations!”
Nicholas 19:18 on 2024-01-15 Permalink
It’s worth pointing out that “Sud-Ouest” actually means not just south of the Canal but from Dorval to the West End (south of CSL Rd/Boulevard/Pine) all the way through downtown to the Main, and then back along the river. NDG, though covered by this study, is completely ignored because there is already a “high use” of public transport, so no need to make it faster, more frequent or more comfortable, and they’ll probably use this study to justify no further investments for decades, even though it has a high capacity rail corridor that could cheaply be expanded to greatly increase service.
Ian 20:08 on 2024-01-15 Permalink
I guess that’s why the article included a map of “Grand” Sud-Ouest?
Nicholas 16:55 on 2024-01-16 Permalink
When I hear Sud-Ouest I think of the borough, so Grand Sud-Ouest had me thinking the borough plus everything south of the canal (Verdun and LaSalle). I can’t think of anyone who thinks Quartier des spectacles and the airport and Westmount and NDG and the Lachine Industrial Park are Grand Sud Ouest, but here we are.