Surprisingly optimistic! I suppose the bulk of what makes it BRT is there, but there definitely needs to be improved frequency and prepayment at the stations instead of on the bus.
On Mastodon, user @MelMScow@mas.to in the Point gives thumbs down to the REM, which they is LOUD:
“Montrealers: Is anyone else hearing the testing of the new REM? We’re in Point St Charles, and they were testing extensively yesterday. So loud! A rushing noise like air being drawn back into a vacuum in the aftermath of an explosion… It fundamentally changes the soundscape of the neighbourhood. And to add insult to injury, we don’t even get a local stop!”
This completely redesigned and rebuilt street could have been designed with an active corridor/bike lane in each direction, but well, you know Montreal’s priorities under Coderre when this design was approved.
Coderre hasn’t been in power for a long time. It is ridiculous to blame him for current traffic woes. We know bike paths can be installed pretty much whenever.
That’s true, but the SRB Pie-IX project is one of a kind. It took a very long time to build and I don’t think the addition of two bike lanes part way through the project would’ve been possible.
vasi 23:30 on 2023-05-05 Permalink
Thanks for finding this, Kate!
DeWolf 11:52 on 2023-05-06 Permalink
Surprisingly optimistic! I suppose the bulk of what makes it BRT is there, but there definitely needs to be improved frequency and prepayment at the stations instead of on the bus.
shawn 20:12 on 2023-05-06 Permalink
On Mastodon, user @MelMScow@mas.to in the Point gives thumbs down to the REM, which they is LOUD:
“Montrealers: Is anyone else hearing the testing of the new REM? We’re in Point St Charles, and they were testing extensively yesterday. So loud! A rushing noise like air being drawn back into a vacuum in the aftermath of an explosion… It fundamentally changes the soundscape of the neighbourhood. And to add insult to injury, we don’t even get a local stop!”
Orr 10:23 on 2023-05-07 Permalink
This completely redesigned and rebuilt street could have been designed with an active corridor/bike lane in each direction, but well, you know Montreal’s priorities under Coderre when this design was approved.
Ian 21:04 on 2023-05-07 Permalink
Coderre hasn’t been in power for a long time. It is ridiculous to blame him for current traffic woes. We know bike paths can be installed pretty much whenever.
Kate 14:06 on 2023-05-08 Permalink
That’s true, but the SRB Pie-IX project is one of a kind. It took a very long time to build and I don’t think the addition of two bike lanes part way through the project would’ve been possible.