Tag Archives: Public Transit in Montreal
Tempest in a Teapot
Story out today in the Journal de Montréal about how the Azur Métro cars will be ‘too big and too heavy’ to operate in our Métro tunnels and that work had to be done to adjust the infrastructure so as … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Social commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Commentary, History of the Montreal Métro, Métro de Montréal, Montréal Métro, Montréal Urban Planning, Politics of Montreal, Public Transit in Montreal, STM
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The Case for Cabot Square
Poor John Cabot, we hardly new ye. Most people don’t know who he is or why there’s a sizeable chunk of prime downtown property in a state of seemingly perpetual disrepair named after him. In fact, it’s not even actually … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Photographs, Scenes from the City, Urban Redevelopment, What were they thinking?, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Atwater Avenue, Cabot Square, Dawson College, History of Montreal, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Design, Montréal Landmarks, Montréal public-space, Montréal Urban Design, Montreal Forum, Montreal History, Parks in Montreal, Public Transit in Montreal, STM, Urban design issues, Urban Squares in Montreal, Westmount
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Austerity Measures & Bad Design in Montreal Public Transit
Not exactly the kind of news regular users of Montreal’s public transit system want to hear, but it looks like the city’s public transit agency is facing a budget shortfall of $20 million, and this apparently is going to result … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Perspectives on the City, Political commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Design, Métro de Montréal, Metro of Montreal, Montréal Design, Montréal public-transit, Montréal Urban Design, Public Transit in Montreal, STM, Urban design issues
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Fantasy Montreal Transit Map
Perhaps I’ve got a smidge too much time on my hands… In any event, here’s my very own Montreal transit fantasy map. This is the mass transit system I’d like to see for my city, ideally within the next twenty … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, Economic commentary, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Unrealized development projects, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged AMT, History of the Montreal Métro, Light rail, Mass-transit in Montreal, Métro, Métro de Montréal, Métro Expansion, Montreal History, Mount Royal Tunnel, Public Transit in Montreal, RÉSO, STM
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City describes its own urban redevelopment project as ‘ambitious’
We may have come full-circle. The City of Montreal recently released what it is describing as an ‘ambitious’ plan to redevelop the urban core of the city – what we ambiguously, perhaps ambitiously, call Downtown (though it for the most … Continue reading →
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