{"id":344,"date":"2007-12-07T12:42:22","date_gmt":"2007-12-07T16:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=344"},"modified":"2007-12-07T12:44:26","modified_gmt":"2007-12-07T16:44:26","slug":"privately-run-buses-on-pie-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/12\/07\/privately-run-buses-on-pie-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Privately-run buses on Pie IX?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/caribb\/1306651002\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1415\/1306651002_aba5f0fcec.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s La Presse reports that the Agence m\u00e9tropolitain de transport, which oversees transportation infrastructure in Greater Montreal, wants to develop a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bus_rapid_transit\">bus rapid transit<\/a> line on Pie-IX, which would be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpresse.ca\/article\/20071207\/CPACTUALITES\/71206268\/5155\/CPACTUALITES\">built and operated by a private investor<\/a>. Thing is, the STM is already planning to build its own BRT line on the boulevard. Needless to say, it is not at all happy with the AMT&#8217;s plans. An epic showdown between the two agencies appears to be in the works. <\/p>\n<p>La Presse has details on the two different BRT lines envisioned by the AMT and STM:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>Le projet privil\u00e9gi\u00e9 par l\u2019AMT prolongerait la voie r\u00e9serv\u00e9e du boulevard Pie-IX au nord de la rivi\u00e8re des Prairies jusqu\u2019\u00e0 l\u2019autoroute 440, \u00e0 Laval. Il inclurait la construction de grands stationnements incitatifs. Les autobus circuleraient sur des voies r\u00e9serv\u00e9es permanentes situ\u00e9es en bordure du boulevard. Les passagers y monteraient donc \u00e0 partir de quais am\u00e9nag\u00e9s sur les trottoirs.<\/p>\n<p>Pour la STM, a affirm\u00e9 hier M. Devin, la circulation des autobus \u00ab en rive \u00bb, en bordure du boulevard, ne fonctionnera pas, et limitera les performances de ce service qui serait beaucoup trop lent. C\u2019est pourquoi le projet de la STM rendu public, dans ses grandes lignes, la semaine derni\u00e8re, pr\u00e9voit l\u2019implantation des voies r\u00e9serv\u00e9es aux autobus en plein centre du boulevard Pie-IX.<\/p>\n<p>Ce boulevard est une des plus importantes art\u00e8res de circulation nord-sud \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al et est utilis\u00e9 chaque jour par des dizaines de milliers d\u2019automobilistes. Le projet des voies r\u00e9serv\u00e9es aurait pour effet de retrancher compl\u00e8tement deux voies de circulation \u2013 une par direction \u2013 sur ce boulevard de six voies de largeur.<\/p>\n<p>Les voies de circulation destin\u00e9es exclusivement aux transports en commun seraient sur\u00e9lev\u00e9es, par rapport aux chauss\u00e9es des automobilistes, et le bitume serait peint d\u2019une couleur contrastante avec l\u2019asphalte noir conventionnel afin de bien diff\u00e9rencier les voies r\u00e9serv\u00e9es aux autobus des autres voies de circulation. Dans une \u00e9tude pr\u00e9liminaire, le co\u00fbt de r\u00e9alisation de ce projet a \u00e9t\u00e9 tr\u00e8s sommairement estim\u00e9 \u00abentre 45 et 90 millions de dollars\u00bb.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Until 2002, the AMT operated a highly successful rush-hour reserved bus lane on Pie-IX. Buses ran along the centre of the boulevard and passengers disembarked stations in a central median. The only hitch was that, in order for their doors to open onto the median, the buses ran against the flow of traffic. Service was suspended after a young woman was hit by a bus and it has remained suspended despite a coroner&#8217;s report indicating that the counterflow bus lane could be successfully maintained with only a few minor modifications.<\/p>\n<p><i>Photo by caribb<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today&#8217;s La Presse reports that the Agence m\u00e9tropolitain de transport, which oversees transportation infrastructure in Greater Montreal, wants to develop a bus rapid transit line on Pie-IX, which would be built and operated by a private investor. Thing is, the STM is already planning to build its own BRT line on the boulevard. 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