STM : Tramway

[Habsfan]

Wrong !! La Grande Bibliothèque et le QIMTL ont été livrés dans les temps requis. Les trois stations du métro à Laval ont été livrés en avance !!

 

Bon d'accord! Il y a eu quelques exceptions!

[francely57]

Wrong !! La Grande Bibliothèque et le QIMTL ont été livrés dans les temps requis. Les trois stations du métro à Laval ont été livrés en avance !!

 

En fait non, l'ouverture du métro a été retardée (de janvier 2006 à juillet 2007), pour finalement ouvrir "2 mois à l'avance"

[yarabundi]

Oups !! Ouais bon il n'empêche que la Ville semble être plus capable de livrer la marchandise à temps (oubions tout de même le boulevard Saint-Laurent)que le gouvernement provincial. La place du QDS a été livré à temps et la réfection du square Dorchester et de la Place d'Armes semblent tous les deux suvre l'échéancier.

[ErickMontreal]

Are trams the way to go in Montreal?

 

 

By Andy Riga, Gazette Transportation ReporterJuly 31, 2009 6:01

 

Artist's rendition of what the proposed Park Ave. tram might look like.

 

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Artist's rendition of what the proposed Park Ave. tram might look like.

 

MONTREAL – Fifty years ago this month, tramways rolled down Montreal streets for the last time, ending a 98-year era that began with horse-drawn trams in 1861 and accelerated with electrification in 1892.

 

By August 1959, trams were considered passé, quaint relics of a bygone era that lumbered down streets, hampering the new kings of the road: automobiles.

 

Fast forward to August 2009: Tramways have come full loop. In the Nov. 1 municipal election, the issue likely won’t be whether Montreal should revive its tramway but where and when to do so.

 

The city of Montreal’s 2008 Transport Plan calls for a new downtown/Old Montreal tramway in place by 2013, with two more lines to follow.

 

In the coming weeks, Mayor Gérald Tremblay is scheduled to announce the results of a study of the tramway proposals, unveiling the final proposed routes, projected ridership numbers, and details about infrastructure, technology and the cost of the project, said Darren Becker, a spokesman for the city’s exceutive committee.

 

Vision Montreal hasn’t detailed its position yet but one of its high-profile candidates says the party is pro-tramway. And Projet Montréal advocates an extensive, 250-kilometre network.

 

But are tramways right for Montreal? And if they are, where should the first line go?

 

Many North American cities abandoned trams after the Second World War, replacing them with buses, considered more versatile and less of a hindrance to cars.

 

In Montreal, between 1951 and 1958, the city’s public transit authority bought 1,300 new buses to ply the streets.

 

By the time Montreal’s tramway died in 1959, the network, which once featured 1,000 trams on 500 kilometres of track, was a shadow of its former self. Fewer than 100 trams were still in operation.

 

In contrast, Toronto kept streetcars on high-density routes and has been relying on and upgrading them ever since. Today, that city has 11 streetcar routes covering 305 kilometres and is awaiting delivery of $1.2 billion in new vehicles from Bombardier.

 

Since the 1990s, tramways have experienced a revival in the U.S. and Europe, with cities like Portland, Ore., and San Francisco, and Strasbourg and Bordeaux in France, expanding and modernizing streetcar systems. Two years ago, it was estimated almost 3,000 kilometres of tramways were operating or planned in American cities.

 

As a mode of transportation, the tram’s reputation has been burnished since the mid-20th century.

 

Electrically powered, streetcars are energy efficient and non-polluting. Because multiple cars can be linked together, trams can carry more passengers than traditional buses or trackless electric trolley buses (buses powered by overhead electrical wires, an option Laval is considering).

 

Trams – light trains that run on tracks embedded in roads and are powered by overhead electrical wires – can run on a reserved right of way and have priority at traffic lights to avoid being slowed by other traffic.

 

Proponents say trams can also revitalize neighbourhoods, make street life more pleasant and encourage shopping. And, by taking road space away from cars, they say, tramways make a bold statement: Public transit is the priority. Trams are perceived as “higher class” than buses and that might attract car users, advocates say.

 

Winter won’t be a problem, they add. First of all, Montreal has already had a tramway. And modern ones have been in use for years in cities that have cold, snowy winters, like Helsinki and Oslo.

 

“I think it has to do with priorities,” said Avrom Shtern of the Green Coalition environmental lobby group, which favours tramways.

 

“Do we want to reintroduce a saner form of transit and offer alternatives to the car or don’t we?”

 

The downside: Building tramway lines is much more expensive (Tremblay’s plan would cost $985 million over 10 years for three lines) than other options, like buses.

 

Tramway construction is disruptive. Roads and sidewalks have to be ripped up, tracks laid. Some fear taking lanes away from cars will fuel more traffic congestion and parking woes.

 

“It’s a question of cost – if we were very rich and we could afford anything, sure, why not,” said André Poulin, executive director of Destination Centre-Ville, which represents downtown businesses.

 

“But I don’t think we’re very rich. And I’m not sure we’ve looked closely enough at other alternatives, such as trolley buses or other options that would be less expensive.”

 

ariga@thegazette.canwest.com

 

© Copyright © The Montreal Gazette

[begratto]

Les études de pré-faisabilité commandées par la Ville de Montréal concluent que Côte-des-Neiges est le meilleur tracé pour une première ligne de tramway à Montréal.

 

L'analyse complète se trouve ici.

[GDS]

Ligne centre-ville sur Ste-Catherine. For the love of pete!! Where do they people who write this shit?

[etienne]

WOW, c'est vraiment inspirant.

 

Surtout la 3e ligne, qui emprunterait René-Lévesque et puis Notre-Dame jusqu'à Pie-IX, raison de plus pour repenser la rue Notre-Dame comme un boulevard urbain.

 

 

[Malek]

reviens pas là dessus étienne. et mélange pas les genre.

[etienne]

 

what about this one ! le tramway passe de René-Lévesque à Notre-Dame. Ça ne se pourra pas avec le projet du MTQ certain, il faudrait...

 

... UN BOULEVARD URBAIN ?

[yarabundi]

Sur cette carte je ne comprend pas l'extension prévu sur le Plateau ? On dirait que le tracé ne respecte pas la trame des rues !!??