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Originally Posted by trofirhen
Montreal is really taking its transportation issues in hand. I'm from Vancouver, and although it's a lot smaller than Montreal, it is getting bigger by the day.
Looking at all the planned REM lines, the hookups with the Métro, plus the commuter rail lines, I wish Vancouver could embark on something half the size. We're going to need it.
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Yeah it's nice if your only goal is to carry people from point A to point B, but we are seeing a serious short-circuiting of public transportation planning in Greater Montreal and a semi-privatization of the whole thing.
The REM is a nice project but politicians are adding extra spurs everywhere and giving studies for entire corridors to CDPQ Infra (such as the Taschereau corridor in Longueuil more recently, where a tram would be ideal). There is a serious lack of long-term vision from the people who have the final word, not unsimilar to what's going on in Ontario with Ford.
Some short-sighted people believe this is fine because at the end of the day, we get more public transit, but we don't get it where it's more needed or in the form it's needed. Montreal's transit future shouldn't just be elevated metro lines cutting through entire neighborhoods. Unfortunately with this government, this is where we're going.