Each Monday, Spacing will bring you some of the popular posts from our sister blog, Spacing Montréal. We’ll keep an eye open for topics and discussions that are pertinent to current public space issues in Toronto.
• There are signs affixed to fire trucks that hint at Toronto putting out Montréal’s fires. Actually, it’s a job-action tactic by the city’s fire fighters, who make less than their Toronto counterparts.
• The post Beep beep beep! highlights a new feature set to appear on Montréal’s metro: a door-closing chime. It’s part of an initiative to increase accessibility on the STM (Toronto’s equivalent program includes the new display screens and stop and station announcements).
• Contributor Alanah Heffez offers up A smorgasbord of Montréal transportation stats, including the enviable fact that “car usage in Montreal’s metro area was the lowest in the nation in 2006” (Toronto came in second-lowest). The post includes reports from StatsCan, the City of Montréal, and the Agence métropolitaine de transport.
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With those signs, the firefighters get what they want for sure!