Etiket: ARTM
The ARTM aims for a modal share of 50% for collective and active transport in 2050
If nothing is done to improve public transportation in the greater Montreal region, automobile travel will continue to increase, to represent two-thirds of trips in 2050. The vision for the…
The ARTM proposes an 18.6 billion tramway to connect the east of Montreal and Repentigny
The Eastern Structuring Project (PSE) will take the form of a 38-kilometer-long surface tramway to Repentigny and will include a tunnel under the Rivière des Prairies, all for an estimated…
Public transport: Geneviève Guilbault wants more results from the ARTM
The Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM) organizes “a lot of meetings” without delivering enough results, according to the Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Geneviève Guilbault, who wants transport companies…
Public transportation | ARTM prices up 3% from July 1
Fares for traveling by public transport in the greater metropolitan area will increase by 3% on average from 1er July, announced the Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM) on Tuesday. This…
East of Montreal | The tram will be cheaper and “quicker to deliver”, says the ARTM
The option of a 13 billion tramway is confirmed in the east of Montreal, as revealed The Press, in order to replace the 36 billion underground light rail proposed last…
OPUS card | The ARTM tests mobile charging with 2,000 users
Reloading your OPUS card with a smartphone will soon be possible in the greater Montreal area. The Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM) will test this functionality with 2,000 users until…
SRB Pie-IX: the contractor claims $72 million from the City of Montreal and the ARTM
The bill for the Pie-IX rapid bus service (SRB), inaugurated a year ago after several delays and cost overruns, could further increase. The contractor who carried out a large part…
ARTM budgetary framework | Service cuts avoided in the short term
The anticipated cuts to the metro and buses in Greater Montreal will not take place, at least in the short term, confirms the Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM). In its…
Digital payment | The ARTM targets occasional users of public transport
Paying directly with your credit card or mobile phone to board public transport would convince thousands of occasional users to take the bus or metro more often, reveals a working…
Even before a first departure, the ARTM must collect a fare increase for the REM
Even before a single passenger had boarded the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), the public authorities’ bill had increased by 4.58%, which represents, according to the ridership projections of those in…
REM | The ARTM must already collect a price increase
(Montreal) Even before a single passenger had boarded the Réseau express métropolitain (REM), the public authorities’ bill had increased by 4.58%, which represents, according to the ridership projections of those…
New line in the southwest of Montreal | The ARTM delays and will present scenarios in the fall
We thought the project was moribund, but the western end of the “pink line” should finally progress in the fall: options for routes and modes will be disclosed in September…
Online assembly only | ARTM accused of “reducing transparency” with citizens
An association of public transport users denounces the decision of the Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM) to hold its annual public meeting only online. The group is also calling for…
STM finances | A shortfall reduced to 23 million, the ARTM will manage the risk
Despite government assistance and reduced spending, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) still has a shortfall of around $23 million, which will, however, be covered by the Autorité régionale…
ARTM budget | Three billion to cover short-term needs
With a budget of $3 billion, the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) will indeed be able to meet “100% of the needs” in the short term for public transport…
Funding of public transit | Stop “taking the user hostage”, launches the ARTM to the operators
In a rare outing of its kind, but especially a few weeks before the unveiling of the Legault government’s next budget, the Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM) is toughening its…
Funding in public transit | Stop “taking the user hostage”, launches the ARTM to the operators
In a rare outing of its kind, but especially a few weeks before the unveiling of the Legault government’s next budget, the Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM) is toughening its tone…
The ARTM will not tolerate any service cuts in public transit
The Autorité régionale du transport métropolitain (ARTM) will not tolerate any cuts in the service offered by the various public transport companies in the greater Montreal area, at a time…
Increase in ARTM prices | Sharp drop in ridership at suburban stations in July
Admissions to Longueuil and Laval metro stations plummeted after this summer’s fare reform, shows data obtained by The Press. The rising cost of the passage is probably to blame, according…
Public transport | “Sudden management” and “opacity” at the ARTM, according to a devastating report
The Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM) uses a “brutal style of management” and shows “organizational opacity” which could lead Quebec to modify the law to “reframe” the group’s activities,…