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QS calls for emergency aid for transit companies
Québec solidaire (QS) is calling for emergency aid for public transit companies that have been hard hit by the pandemic. This file needs an “electroshock”, but the Legault government does…
Transit company | QS calls for emergency aid
Désolé, votre navigateur ne supporte pas les videos (Québec) Québec solidaire (QS) réclame une aide d’urgence pour les sociétés de transport en commun qui ont été durement affectées par la…
Public Transit Funding | FTQ delegates worried about financial difficulties
(Montreal) Worried about the financial difficulties of public transit companies, FTQ union delegates are urging the federal and provincial governments to reinvest in them as a matter of urgency. Posted…
Public transit governance | Issues and possible solutions
Major public transit projects are underway in Quebec, such as the REM de l’Ouest in Montreal and the Quebec tramway. Others are in more or less advanced planning mode, such…
Improvement of public transit during work on the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel
The authorities announced on Monday additions to public transit improvements in the Montreal region during repair work on the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel, in particular by offering a connection to health…
Works at the La Fontaine tunnel | New enhancements to public transit in the Montreal region
(Quebec) The authorities announced Monday additions to public transit improvements in the Montreal region during repair work on the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine tunnel, in particular by offering a connection to health…
Public transit in Quebec | A budget hole of 900 million apprehended by 2027
The shortfall caused by the pandemic in the finances of public transport companies is likely to reach 900 million within five years, warns the Association du transport urbaine du Québec…
Funding of public transit | The STM launches a cry from the heart, but Quebec promises nothing
Quebec does not currently offer any guarantee to the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) which, faced with a budget hole of 78 million, launched a new cry from the…
Census | Public transit use has halved in five years
Public transit has suffered significantly more from the pandemic than the automobile, with the big losers being the metro, train and bus, confirm new pan-Canadian data. Overall, the use of…
Public transit will be free for seniors in Montreal as of July 2023
Seniors aged 65 and over will be able to use the bus and metro for free, in Montreal, from 1er July 2023. This “fight against inflation” measure was an election…
[Opinion] United for an integrated public transit network in the East
On May 5, CDPQ Infra withdrew from the REM de l’Est project. Six months later, the public learned that a process for issuing contracts for the planning of the structuring…
On strike since Monday | GO Transit negotiations will resume sooner than expected
(Toronto) The union representing striking GO Transit workers said negotiations will resume on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled. A reversal of the situation while the union earlier accused the…
On strike since Monday | GO Transit employees want to bargain now
(Toronto) The union representing striking GO Transit workers on Wednesday accused the employer of “delaying tactics,” while calling for an immediate return to the bargaining table on the third day…
Ontario | More than 2,000 GO Transit employees will go on strike Monday
(Toronto) Public transit travel could be disrupted Monday morning in southern Ontario, as a union representing 2,200 GO Transit employees announced that some of its members will go on strike.…
Montreal Transit Company | The Bellechasse garage will cost more than half a billion
Twice as expensive, twice as long. The Bellechasse bus garage of the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) is expected to exceed half a billion dollars and will not be…
Works at the La Fontaine tunnel | St-Pierre Plamondon offers free public transit in the east of Montreal
Paul St-Pierre Plamondon suggests studying free public transit for residents of the neighborhoods “most affected” by the congestion that is accumulating in the east end of Montreal. In Mercier, in…
Letter to Mr. Legault on public transit priorities
Congratulations, Mr. Legault, on your electoral victory! Posted at 11:00 a.m. Jean-François Lefebvre (Ph.D) and Luc Gagnon (Ph.D) Respectively lecturer in urban studies at UQAM and transport expert You are…
A black market for transit tickets in Montreal
The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) is investigating after learning that its tickets are being sold on the online black market for a fraction of the regular price. In…
Russian gas transit | The Caisse leaves Fluxys
The Caisse de depot left the shareholding of the Belgian natural gas distributor Fluxys, which has been singled out for its role in the transit of Russian gas to international…
According to the US Navy, the USS Higgins and HMCS Vancouver “conducted a routine transit” on September 20.
The USS Higgins, an American destroyer, along with the Canadian frigate HMCS Vancouver “conducted a routine transit through the Taiwan Strait on September 20 […] in accordance with international law,”…