Transit / Transport collectif
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Have you tried the Bixi yet?
The Bixi, Montreal’s new public bike system, was officially launched exactly two weeks ago. Have you tried it yet? Being a daily user of the...
By Cédric Sam -
Il est interdit d’interdire
« La loi nous oblige à faire ce qui est dit et non ce qui est juste. » – Hugo Grotius What’s going on with our police forces in Canada? From...
By Émile Thomas -
BIXI contre le monde
Enfin. Il est arrivé. L’assurance des besoins de mobilité de la population. La solution à tous nos problèmes en matière de la circulation en ville...
By Émile Thomas -
Connaissez-vous vraiment votre quartier ? Observez-le durant 36 heures.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AT4Toe2Peyc[/youtube] Nous sommes arrivés à la fin de session à plusieurs universités montréalaises (sauf Ã...
By Émile Thomas -
Le métro en Lego
Bit late to the game with this one (Fagstein wrote about it a month ago) but it’s still cool: Préfontaine metro station made from Lego. The...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Plateau-Mont-Royal borough releases traffic-calming plan
As part of the city’s Plan de transport, an ambitious set of guidelines designed to decrease the number of cars on city streets and better...
By Chris Erb -
Was the Metro a Mistake?
Since  the recent announcement that Laval is considering establishing a network of Trolley Buses throughout its territory, a lively debate has ensued...
By Michael Dunkelman -
The STM Needs New Ways to Make Ends Meet
Last week the mayor announced $40-million cut in spending on transit, about 4% of the STM’s annual budget. And this, he assured us, was supposed to...
By Alanah Heffez -
Independent Experts Question Turcot Plans
Turcot Think Tank: independent experts held a press conference March 17th. A team of independent experts calling themselves the Turcot Think Tank (TTT...
By Alanah Heffez -
Montreal’s new hypothetical airport train station
The shell of a train station is finally taking shape underneath Trudeau Airport — but, unless the federal and provincial governments cough up a...
By Christopher DeWolf -
Phoenix’s new LRT; Where have Toronto’s streetcars gone?
Over on the Spacing Toronto blog, I have discussed where some of Toronto’s old PCC streetcars have gone after serving duty. Five ex-TTC streetcars...
By Sean Marshall -
Nuit blanche ce samedi : passez la nuit avec la STM!
Cette année marque le 10e anniversaire du Festival Montréal en lumière, et la 6e année que sera présentée la fameuse Nuit blanche. L’année dernière...
By Cédric Sam