{"id":357,"date":"2007-12-11T15:32:34","date_gmt":"2007-12-11T19:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=357"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:26:02","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:26:02","slug":"laval-wants-more-metro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2007\/12\/11\/laval-wants-more-metro\/","title":{"rendered":"Laval wants more metro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kurtraschke\/476806076\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/211\/476806076_e5903d2874.jpg?v=0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whet by this year&#8217;s new metro extension, Laval&#8217;s appetite for public transit is now insatiable. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberpresse.ca\/article\/20070802\/CPACTUALITES\/708020656\/5155\/CPACTUALITES\">Last summer<\/a>, long-time mayor Gilles Vaillancourt asked the provincial government for a billion dollars to buckle the orange line loop by connecting Montmorency and C\u00f4te-Vertu stations, via Chomedey and Bois-Franc. Yesterday, he <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/canada\/montreal\/story\/2007\/12\/10\/qc-laval.html\">repeated his demand<\/a>, adding that he plans to ask Quebec City to create a dedicated tax fund to pay for the extension. <\/p>\n<p>Now, there&#8217;s nothing I love more than the thought of building more metro, but is this really the right way to do it? <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.fagstein.com\/2007\/12\/11\/vaillancourt-getting-greedy\/\">Probably not<\/a>. Rapid transit has the potential to stimulate high-density development, which would do Laval a lot of good in becoming more sustainable. But it still hasn&#8217;t done much to deal with the three new stations it already has. Aside from some half-hearted condo development near Montmorency, there are no large-scale plans to densify the areas around the Laval metro.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, there are more urgent investments needed in Montreal&#8217;s public transit. The blue line extension to Anjou should be a priority, since it will run through relatively high-density areas like St. Michel and St. Leonard. The city&#8217;s commuter train system needs a massive upgrade in service if it hopes to meet demand. Bus lines and existing metro service on the island needs to be bolstered far beyond the improvements that will be made in January. I would even consider the South Shore light rail and the Griffintown tramway to be more important than any further metro extensions in Laval. <\/p>\n<p>Still, I don&#8217;t want to ignore the silver lining of Vaillancourt&#8217;s demands: we have another convert to the cause of public transit in Quebec. It&#8217;s good to have another strong voice advocating for more public transit investment.<\/p>\n<p><i>Photo by Kurt Raschke<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whet by this year&#8217;s new metro extension, Laval&#8217;s appetite for public transit is now insatiable. 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