Ça y est, la haveuse électrique commence à creuser le tunnel du prolongement de la ligne bleue!
Dans quelques mois, le tunnelier va arriver d’Europe pour creuser le tronçon principal du projet situé entre la 24e Avenue et l’autoroute 25.
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Trudeau government announces high-speed rail plans from Toronto to Quebec City.

Called Alto, the new 1,000-km rail line will run with stops in Peterborough, Ottawa, Montréal, Laval and Trois-Rivières.

Canada confirms plans for Alto, a high-speed rail line connecting Quebec City and Toronto

Anita Anand 🇨🇦 -
Alto is moving forward! 🚄 With the procurement phase complete and a supplier chosen, we are entering the co-development phase and getting closer to building 1,000 km of dedicated high-speed rail track. #cdnpoli #peipoli

Le projet canadien de train à grande vitesse, Alto, ferait circuler des trains à 300 km à l'heure en #Ontario et au #Québec.

Il réduirait de moitié la durée des trajets: de 5 heures 30 minutes entre #Toronto + #Montréal à un peu plus de 3 heures.

🚄🧵

Co-sign from down under

2024 Q4 transit stats are out from @apta-info.bsky.social . Top 5 busiest rail systems by avg weekday ridership in 🇺🇸 & 🇨🇦:

1. NYC MTA (incl SIRR): 6.75 M
2. Toronto TTC (all modes): 1.34 M
3. Montreal STM: 1.15 M
4. Washington DC Metro: 520k
5. Vancouver GVTA: 467k

Cc @yfreemark.bsky.social

"Frequent all-day service every day of the week is how we get people out of their cars and back on transit,” MBTA General Manager and CEO Phillip Eng said. “We are committed to delivering this long-

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The need to launch the process to replace the old MR-73 Montreal Metro trains (now 50 years old) is urgent. Learn more in this Radio-Canada story (in French). It is estimated it would take 16 years from the start to the final delivery, so time is of the essence. ici.radio-canada.ca/info/videos/...

Le métro de Montréal n'est ni un refuge ni un service pour des gens inaptes à la vie en société. Ça prend des portes palières sur les quais au plus sacrant.

The saga continues. The excellent “unofficial” signage created to help people find their way through Gare Centrale to the REM and Metro and in-between has been removed with nothing to replace it. www.lapresse.ca/actualites/g...

IMPORTANT: If you live in the United States or Canada, you’ve probably heard Trump‘s constant claim that the United States is “subsidizing” Canada. It’s wrong of course, but here’s the best explanation I’ve seen about how & why it’s wrong. PLEASE WATCH & SHARE IT A LOT. Kudos to Andrew Chang & CBC.

Clearing sidewalks like roads is not radical. It’s just what any serious winter city does. If you don’t get enough snow to justify clearing sidewalks then you should probably get rid of your road clearing equipment too.

It’s simple: in congested urban areas, the supply of free roads can’t keep up with demand to drive. Pricing allows faster movement for people who need to drive (e.g., deliveries), while investing money into better transit for people who don’t.

Pricing isn’t punishment, it’s making the roads work.

Will Canada's next PM and government finally score the empty-net goal for economic and environmental progress that VIA Rail tried to hand Trudeau in 2016?
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I don’t think there is a better way to phrase it than that.

Just. Build. The. Darn. Thing.

Top bike share systems in the US & Canada by yearly rides (2023):

1. New York City (35 million)
2. Montreal (12M)
3. Toronto (6M)
4. Chicago (6M)
5. Washington, DC (4M)
6. Boston (4M)
7. SF Bay (3M)
8. Miami Beach (2M)
9. Vancouver (1M)
10. Philadelphia (1M)

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