CP to allow level crossing from Outremont
The city has convinced CP to allow them to construct a new level crossing for pedestrians and cyclists between Park Ex and Outremont, in the midst of the university campus at de l’Épée.
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walkerp 14:02 on 2025-02-05 Permalink
It’s a start, to be fair more than a start because now there are two links west of Parc, but for the Gods’ sake, can we not have one on the Plateau side?!
CP Rail sucks so bad.
Orr 15:39 on 2025-02-05 Permalink
East of du Parc on the plateau side there are already THREE safe (separate from traffic & not on sidewalks) bike lanes going under the train tracks (St-Laurent, St-Denis, Christophe-Colomb) but on du Parc and west there are none. The overpass at UdeM is “walk your bike” for a few hundred metre (and omg Rockland overpass), which is why the newly announced level crossing is needed. And also a surprise, given CPKC’s uncoöperative & lack of good-citizen mentality over the years.
walkerp 16:47 on 2025-02-05 Permalink
Those are actual roads that have always been there. You know what I am talking about, the long stretch between Parc and St-Laurent which leads to a very popular pedestrian/bike path that leads to all the easy access to the bottom of Rosemount.
DeWolf 18:40 on 2025-02-05 Permalink
You can thank the Canadian Transportation Agency for the lack of level crossings between the Plateau and RPP. They ruled in CPR’s favour that they would unfairly burden commercial rail traffic. Of course they didn’t take the needs of surrounding residents into account because the CTA is completely beholden to the freight carriers.
The city has the option to build underpasses or overpasses, but that would cost millions while also destroying a big chunk of the Des Carrières path and the Champ des Possibles.
Orr 17:41 on 2025-02-08 Permalink
I made a mistake, there are four, not three, protected bike lanes going under the CPKC train tracks in the one mile west of avenue du Parc. Additionally, at any underpass without a separate bike lane it is legal to use the underpass’s sidewalk. Those are facts. Crossing at grade level is inherently dangerous. Safe and quite convenient alternatives already exist.