Ridership on the STM rose by 21% in 2023 over 2022, getting back to 80% of its pre‑pandemic level. Recovery is ascribed to the gradual return to work in person, to tourism and to free rides for people aged 65 and over.
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Kate
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Kate
The McGill Gaza encampment is waiting for the arrival of a pro‑Israel demonstration.
François Legault wants the police to move in and remove the encampment.
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Kate
Every Moving Day the city responds to panicked requests from people who need to move out but haven’t secured a new place to live. Not surprisingly, it’s expecting a hike in these appeals this year, although I’m guessing a 15% rise will turn out to be an underestimate.
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Kate
The big rail unions are threatening to strike later this month if they don’t get an acceptable offer, a strike which would halt the movement of goods from the port and have a domino effect all over eastern Canada.
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Kate
There’s a notion afoot to bring anglo CBC and Radio‑Canada closer together. It’s a terrible idea. One of the things that sparked this blog was noticing that the two sides of the public broadcaster were so different. It’s always interesting to see which aspects of a story are felt to be more important in French or in English. It’s not that one side is better or more accurate than the other – it’s an aperçu of the cultural differences that go into making Quebec distinctive. Flattening that out will not improve the broadcaster.
jeather
It’s a terrible idea but I would be delighted to see who they think would be a good choice to lead both sides. What a huge fight that would be.
Mr.Chinaski
When the big hype on the CBC is a reality show about sand castles, you know there’s a problem. Their biggest non-hockey/sports rating was friggin Murdoch Mysteries last year.
Meanwhile, SRC has about a dozen TV shows that have 10% reach of Québec population every year, and a complete set of in-house daily programming that’s not stuff bought from elsewhere (UK / Australia mostly)
jeather
That sandcastle show is still going? I tried but got annoyed during the first season.
Tux
After “Trans Express” I can do entirely without Radio Canada, thanks
Kate
Radio-Canada does good news reporting and sometimes very good investigative journalism, and sometimes they dip into their vast archive for interesting bits of history. I know their work only through the website – I don’t listen to their radio shows or watch TV. I was not aware of Trans Express.
FKA Orr
imo each should have mandatory subtitles (easy bc it’s all digital TV today) in the other language. It would being the two solitudes together.
Matt G 22:12 on 2024-05-02 Permalink
Do they consider that pre-pandemic ridership was at times over 100% capacity and thus this current 80% is a closer to what can be measured to be 100% capacity on certain lines? I’m just wondering what this metric’s purpose is? Is it to justify cuts to service? Would it not make more sense to measure current capacity and not as a function of a historical point in time?
Jonathan 10:47 on 2024-05-03 Permalink
Thank you Matt! I want to know given the service levels that are currently offered, what is the capacity of public transit. Why can’t they release these metrics. They make way more sense than some sort of comparison with a time that in no way resembles now.
bob 00:18 on 2024-05-04 Permalink
It should operate at 100% capacity, like septic tanks and your heart rate. If your heart isn’t beating as fast as it can, your body suffers deadweight losses and opportunity costs due to of all the nutrients and oxygen that could have been delivered but weren’t. A 100% metabolism will also help your tracts fill that septic tank to the brim.
Ian 11:18 on 2024-05-04 Permalink
Resisting jokes about a crappy metaphor, I think you’re confusing efficiency and capacity. The metro can operate at over 100% capacity, as noted in the article. Your septic system, not so much.