Trams. Lots of trams. and metro extensions. The city of Montreal is envisioning building a massive rail transit network in neighborhoods currently served by poor transit, a document made public in recent days reveals.
The map, attached to an official report to be adopted at the next meeting of the city council, shows the public transport the plant management dreams of by 2050.
Montreal Consolidation Information
A vision of public transportation development in Montreal by 2050
“Montreal believes it can provide improved service [qui] The metro network relies on extensions”, notably the Blue Line to the west to Lachine, the Orange Line to Coyne Boulevard (beyond Côte-Verde station) and the Green Line to the east and north to connect with the Blue Line.
The famous “pink line” that Valérie Plante approached Montreal Town Hall in 2017 reappears on this map.
The document also underlines that “this future vision includes a brand new tram network that provides an intermediate level of service between the regular bus network and the metro and commuter rail networks.”
The targeted arteries are not identified on the map, but include Henri-Pourassa, Cavendish and Saint-Michel boulevards, Avenue du Parc and Notre-Dame streets, Jean-Dalon and Th. Commune, among others. This development will take place in two phases.
The plant management did not want to comment on the release of this map. According to the City of Montreal website, it must deliver its 2050 Urban Planning and Mobility Plan by the end of the year.
Pres The plant management had already expressed its desire to establish one Tramway rue Jean-Talon Ouest, which will serve the massive residential development on the racecourse grounds.
“The Ambition Level You Should Have”
Not all of these plans will work, of course, but it's better to think big than too small, says the Vivre en ville organization.
“Eventually we will have to make choices, and it will be difficult to do everything, but what I want is a level of ambition,” replied Christian Savard, the organization's general director.
This is the level of ambition you should have. […] It corresponds more closely to the level of ambition we see in Toronto or Vancouver and seemed to have disappeared from the map in Montreal since the abandonment of REM de l'Est. I felt a bit of collective depression.
Christian Savard, general director of Vivre en Ville
Such an overall vision is better than the “division by division, project by project” proposals currently in place, he continued. “It doesn't present the whole picture. For once, we see what a real network looks like. »
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