STM to act on loitering in the metro
TVA is really pushing the dangers in the metro these days, although we’ve discussed this on the blog and many of us use the system often without any issues.
However, La Presse reports on a fresh resolution by the STM to end loitering in the metro. They’ll be closing off certain areas, like the Place‑des‑Arts mezzanine, which have become day shelters, and some exits will also be closed, at least till the end of April, when people will presumably be in less need of a warm place indoors.
There isn’t much in the La Presse piece about doing anything to help the dislodged loiterers. It’s explained that Montreal is only doing what Toronto, Vancouver and Ottawa have already done, and that loiterers will be “directed to other resources”.
Update: No sooner announced than denounced: community workers respond to the new plan.
Joey 11:35 on 2025-03-13 Permalink
The city’s commitment to fitness: high-level cyclists get a $90M training course built *on the mountain*; the homeless are forced to walk laps. Healthy choices…
Chris 12:51 on 2025-03-13 Permalink
Oh please. Shall we stop filling potholes too until every homeless person is housed? If we want to redirect government spending to the homeless from elsewhere, let’s start with subsidies to oil companies, or subsidies to rich people to buy electric cars, etc. etc.
Joey 13:13 on 2025-03-13 Permalink
Fine with me.
Orr 12:02 on 2025-03-15 Permalink
I presently have to cross 9 lanes of high speed car traffic to enter Parc Mont Royal on foot from the northeast. Part of the money is to build a better prestigious entrance to the park from this side of the park and de-autoroute-ize the area, as has been done at parc/des pins and cote-des-Neiges/Dr Penfield.
Although I use the road over the mountain as a shortcut, I agree it is folly to have a quasi-autoroute through “the jewel of Montreal. Even Camillien Houde was against it, but Drapeau was cars-cars-cars and this finally fixes this second biggest of Drapeau’s mistakes.