{"id":2063,"date":"2009-01-28T13:41:54","date_gmt":"2009-01-28T18:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2009\/01\/28\/executive-committee-shuffle-is-good-for-transit\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:05:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:05:24","slug":"executive-committee-shuffle-is-good-for-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/01\/28\/executive-committee-shuffle-is-good-for-transit\/","title":{"rendered":"Executive Committee Shuffle is good for Transit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/alanahmontreal\/2390446082\/\" title=\"Plan de Transport 2007 by alanah.montreal, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2114\/2390446082_d659edce06.jpg\" alt=\"Plan de Transport 2007\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Environmental organizations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.ca\/reader\/view\/?tab=my#stream\/feed%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fw5.montreal.com%2Fmtlcity%2Frss%2Fmtlweblog_rss.xml\">are happy<\/a> to see Michel Labrecque take the reins as the president of the STM, and Andr\u00e9 Lavall\u00e9e promoted to Vice-President of the Executive Committee.<\/p>\n<p>Labrecque, was once president of the <em>Comit\u00e9 r\u00e9gional de l&#8217;environnement de Montr\u00e9al<\/em>, helped found cycling advocacy group V\u00e9lo-Qu\u00e9bec, and contributed to the city&#8217;s sustainability plan. Currently a Plateau borough councillor, he does not have a driver&#8217;s licence. An STM president that relies on transit to get around is great news, at least until you consider the fact that this is news at all.<\/p>\n<p>Andr\u00e9e Lavall\u00e9e is mayor of the Rosemont borough and headed the city&#8217;s transportation plan in 2007. He remains responsible for <span class=\"eMediumGrey10\">urban planning, transportation planning, parking, taxis, the official public consultation bureau (OPCM), and takes on the heritage and design dossiers as well, making him the man in charge of pretty much everything that crosses this blog&#8217;s radar. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpresse.ca\/actualites\/regional\/montreal\/200901\/27\/01-821162-le-maire-tremblay-fait-le-menage.php\"> <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/newswire.ca\/fr\/releases\/archive\/January2009\/26\/c2793.html\">\u00c9quiterre says<\/a> both these choices underline the mayor&#8217;s commitment to alternative transportation. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpresse.ca\/actualites\/regional\/montreal\/200901\/27\/01-821162-le-maire-tremblay-fait-le-menage.php\">La Presse<\/a> lists all 12 executive committee members and their responsibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Environmental organizations are happy to see Michel Labrecque take the reins as the president of the STM, and Andr\u00e9 Lavall\u00e9e promoted to Vice-President of the Executive Committee. Labrecque, was once president of the Comit\u00e9 r\u00e9gional de l&#8217;environnement de Montr\u00e9al, helped found cycling advocacy group V\u00e9lo-Qu\u00e9bec, and contributed to the city&#8217;s sustainability plan. Currently a Plateau<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/01\/28\/executive-committee-shuffle-is-good-for-transit\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Executive Committee Shuffle is good for Transit&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7840,33],"tags":[1082,3557,8,1010,268,2330,265,346,3554,3556,3553,293,1035,1081,3555,605,830,2290,2850],"class_list":["post-2063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-transit","tag-andre-lavallee","tag-andree-lavallee","tag-city-hall","tag-councillor","tag-driver","tag-executive-committee","tag-la-presse","tag-mayor","tag-mayor-of-the-rosemont-borough","tag-michel-labrecque","tag-official-public-consultation-bureau","tag-plateau","tag-president","tag-rosemont","tag-stm-president","tag-the-heritage","tag-transportation-2","tag-transportation-plan","tag-vice-president"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Executive Committee Shuffle is good for Transit - Spacing Montreal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/01\/28\/executive-committee-shuffle-is-good-for-transit\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Executive Committee Shuffle is good for Transit - Spacing Montreal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Environmental organizations are happy to see Michel Labrecque take the reins as the president of the STM, and Andr\u00e9 Lavall\u00e9e promoted to Vice-President of the Executive Committee. 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