11 hours ago, Flo said:

"Major" league being characteristic of North American championships, I'd say that Montreal is a Major League champion given that the share of rapid mass transit in North American cities is usually below 20% and I trust Montreal is among the top american cities in terms of eco-friendliness. I hope Quebec City and Montreal Nord shall emulate in those steps with their own REM

As for the rolling stock St-Laurent was hands down my pick and I think the colour is quaint and sobre (I was for a STM-blue homogenisation like the way it is being implemented in Ile-de-France)

According to this graphic, Montreal has the second highest ridership per capita in North America, behind New York City and not by much! 

I think we're getting two stations there, one to serve Griffintown properly (near Mary-Griffin parc) and another near the Basin for the Expos stadium. 

From the report: https://rem.info/sites/default/files/document/Fiches-techniques-VOITURES-FR.pdf

4 minutes ago, Rocco said:

The dark green has been switched to dark grey on the final proposition. Theres plenty of pics!

Huh? Where do you see dark grey. Definitely looks dark green to me

Gotta say, really dislike the dark green... makes it feel very old. I was hoping Mont-Royal would be chosen, shame.

Do it!! And then let's host the games again in the 2030's, put the Big O to good use!

An article I read last year (can't remember which one) had Montreal ranked 2nd worldwide for number of jobs in visual effects (behind London), and 3rd in the world in video game production. 

2 hours ago, Rocco said:

Je considère le 500 Place d'Armes, édifice mal aimé et peu connu, comme un des plus beaux immeubles en hauteur de Montréal. D'un noir mat uniforme, épuré et tout en verticalité, il s'attire les foudre uniquement dû à sa localisation et non à cause de sa prestance en tant qu'édifice épousant parfaitement le style de son époque, qui est encore très prisé aujourd'hui. Le Humanity aura ses qualités, mais jamais la prestance de cet édifice emblématique, n'eut été de sa malheureuse incursion dans le Vieux-Montréal.

I would love to see the view of Place d'Armes from one of the higher floor windows, I'm sure no matter the floor it must be a beautiful sight

CN logo is red...

4 hours ago, MtlMan said:

Misère, les crises de bacon qu'on peut lire ici. Le projet n'est pas mort, Carbonleo l'a dit elle-même. Attendons un peu pour voir. Comme si cette mouture exacte était la seule et unique possible et envisageable, voyons donc. 

Une véritable hystérie. L'Armaggedon n'est pas arrivé.🙄

The hysteria on this forum in the last few years has skyrocketed.. at the same time Montreal is experiencing its largest boom in its history.

Glass half empty?

OMG. What an era we've entered into!

Beast.

!!!!!!! 

1 hour ago, nephersir7 said:

 

Some screenshots from the video:

1 hour ago, Megafolie said:

 

and people were worried they weren't aligned

Wow!! Bring it on! QdS becoming more and more world class

13 hours ago, ToxiK said:

Things are going better then "relatively" well.  Of course some other cities are doing better, but things haven't been that good in Montréal since, well, ever.  The unemployment rate in Québec in general is the lowest since we started calculating it, and it hasn't been that good in Montréal in a long time.  And the jobs we are creating are not like the ones we lost in the 90's and 2000's in soft industries like clothing, but they are in aerospace, AI, video games, health, engineering and so on.

Construction hasn't been that good in decades.  There was a boom in the 1960's and in the 80's and early 90's, but look at Montréal now since the last 5 or 6 years.  Downtown is barely recognizable (and it iis not stopping).  We have the REM being built and the Blue line will get extended.  We are getting a tramway to Pointe-aux-Trembled (and hopefully, il will only be the first of a big network of tramways).  The REM might be extended and we might see other metro extension (maybe not the Pink line in the short term, but other lines).  Public transit is in the air, and the gain for us economically can be huge: we will improve the logistic in Montréal (not mentionning the quality of air) and it will permit people to save money by not having the need to have a car.  We don't produce cars in Montréal, and we don't extract oil in Québec, but we make trains, busses and other means of transportation, and we make the electricity to move them too.  We can gain A LOT by developping public transit.

We just build 2 mega hospitals, and many others are seeing expensions like Ste-Justine, the Jewish Hospital and Maisonneuve-Rosemont.  We saw Concordia and UQAM getting new buildings in the 2000's and now McGill want to acquire the former Royal-Victoria hospital, the Université de Monréal in building a whole new campus and ETS is constantly expanding.  We are getting a new Champlain bridge, other major infrastructures are (finally) getting the repairs they need.  We have not seen that much of that since what, the Quiet Revolution?

Population keep rising, even with the immigration limitations that the CAQ will implement.  Québec has a surplus, not a deficit.  Let me repeat that because this is so unusual:  Québec has a surplus, not a deficit!  With technology, we can hope to have better productivity in governments and in the private sector, and with our universities, we get our share of technoogy graduates.  Our day care system permits women more time to work and will help the children to better develop, we slowly reaping the value of that program.  We also have one of the most bilingual and trilingual workforce, that is also something.

We beat records on tourism, ever after the 375th of Montréal.  Trudeau airport will have 2,5 billions $ in investments just to barely be able to keep up with all the new routes we are getting.  We have a new port terminal and big plans for the Old Port and the Canal Lachine, both tourist attractions.  The Museum of Fine arts is growing, the MAC is getting an expansion and so is Pointe-à-Callière.  The Centre d'Histoire is getting a new location and the McCord wants the same.  We are getting a major commercial developement (and residential one too, apparently) with Royalmount, and downtown commercial areas are getting big face lifts (Place Ville-Marie, Eaton Centre, and so do streets like Ste-Catherine and McGill College).

It isn't just downtown that is developping, other neighborhoods too.  Gas stations are closing down and condos are taking their places.  Every vacant lot is now a prospect for a new development.  Laval is getting a dowwtown, Lasalle is seeing condos towers being built.  Industrial district now are lacking room, so many companies who needs bid land are building in the suburbs.  The Port of Montréal is breaking records, and will see a big expansion in Contrecoeur.  The new NAFTA is finally signed, we have free trade with Europe and hopefully soon another one with many asian countries.  The legalization of canabis will develop a new industry and take out money from organized clime and put it in the official economy.  The network of stores will contributes to commercial street and will help boost tourism (even if we don't advertise it).

Things are going better then ever.  I am not saying that everything is perfect (in fact, I don,t believe in perfection, I believe in constant improvement), but Montréal is going well.  And the good news is that our growth is based in solid ground, not uniquely on a real estate boom or on the value of a single commodity like oil.  Our growth is based on education and jobs that require highly trained people, and it is build on industries of the future like AI and aerospace.  Let's not stop running, but we are on the right path, and we are not wearing pink glasses, this is real !

Merci  

3 hours ago, YMQ said:

Rejoice Frank. Ikea put it a distribution centre valued at $150M.

Come talk to me when Montreal's GDP growth rivals Boston/Toronto/Chicago/Atlanta/Washington over a period of 5 years.

His alternative will be to bulldoze a nice 22km path through the Plateau and Rosemont neighbourhoods to add a ground-level REM line. Oh it'll destroy hundreds of beautiful Victorian homes built in the late 1800s, but who cares it'll be cheaper than building an underground metro line.

June seems too far off.. in one article I read they said the actual structure will be done on time, yet its because of the paving of the roadway that it's delayed.. they can't asphalt in April? June makes no sense.

Wow look at that view! This will become another "Mont-Royal lookout" for the city that tourists will seek out.

EDIT: Sorry, wrong thread, added in Entertainment, food and culture under General topics. Can someone please delete this topic?

Beautiful new song titled "Montreal" by Port Cities (from Halifax, Nova Scotia)

2 hours ago, jerry said:

Ouverture prévue le 21 décembre: l’échéancier pour le nouveau pont Champlain sera-t-il respecté?

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Jeudi, 18 octobre 2018 20:09MISE à JOUR  Jeudi, 18 octobre 2018 20:09

Les travaux avancent rondement au chantier du nouveau pont Champlain, à deux mois de son ouverture prévue, mais on se demande comment le consortium réussira à tout terminer à temps.

Quand on survole la voie maritime du Saint-Laurent, on constate qu'il reste encore beaucoup de pain sur la planche en ce qui concerne le montage de la travée principale.

TVA Nouvelles a appris qu'une opération de levage critique aura lieu du 23 octobre au 5 novembre à cet endroit. Des travailleurs s'affaireront ensuite à ajuster le niveau du pont.

Il manque par ailleurs au moins trois haubans, ces câbles d'acier qui soutiennent le tablier du pont. Près de la Rive-Sud, le tablier de béton est encore manquant sur une bonne centaine de mètres.

Le consortium reste muet sur le respect de l’échéancier du projet évalué à 4,2 milliards $.

Selon TVA Nouvelles, une annonce est prévue au cours des prochains jours quant au respect ou non de l'échéancier. Le ministre fédéral de l'Infrastructure, François-Philippe Champagne, pourrait même venir faire son tour à Montréal.

«L'échéancier est le même. On aura un suivi prochainement», a laissé entendre le ministre.

Le député néo-démocrate Alexandre Boulerice n’est pas aussi optimiste. «Pour l'instant, on a certaines inquiétudes que les automobilistes devront prendre leur mal en patience», a-t-il dit.

Ceux qui en paient le prix, pour le moment, ce sont les résidents de l'Île-des-Sœurs qui n’ont plus accès à la bretelle menant à l’autoroute 15 Nord.

https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2018/10/18/ouverture-prevue-le-21-decembre-lecheancier-pour-le-nouveau-pont-champlain-sera-t-il-respecte

"I took a look at it and I'm not sure it'll be done in time" - a journalist giving us his opinion. Thank you so much for your brilliant insight! Gotta love the media in Montreal ?