Etiket: Transportation
Public transportation | Paying with your mobile will be possible from April
After years of waiting, public transit users in Greater Montreal will finally be able to recharge their OPUS card with a mobile phone by the end of April. And several…
Mayors of the Montreal region are concerned about financing public transportation
Mayors of the Montreal region are worried about the future of public transportation following the tabling of the 2024 budget by François Legault’s government. According to Mayor Valérie Plante, the…
Public transportation | Montreal wants a tram network
Trams. Lots of trams. And metro extensions. The City of Montreal foresees the creation of a major rail transport network in neighborhoods currently poorly served by heavy transport, reveals a…
Mayors want public transportation to become a “national priority” in Quebec
While the CAQ government’s budget will be presented in two weeks, 50 mayors are uniting their voices to put pressure on Quebec so that public transportation becomes a “national priority”.…
Mayors want public transportation to become a “national priority”
(Quebec) While the CAQ government’s budget will be presented in two weeks, 50 mayors are uniting their voices to put pressure on Quebec so that public transportation becomes a “national…
Study on public transportation in Canada | Around 1,700 buses sleep in garages
Around 1,700 buses are currently gathering dust in the garages of transport companies in Canada, with carriers not having the money to run them, worries a new report commissioned by…
Organizations propose remedies to get public transportation out of the financial abyss
To remedy the budgetary crisis experienced by public transport companies, the Transit Alliance, which brings together organizations dedicated to transport and the environment, proposes to index provincial taxes on fuel…
Public transportation | New revenues of nearly a billion proposed to Quebec
Nearly a billion dollars are within Quebec’s reach to better finance public transportation, according to a group of organizations, which calls for indexing taxes on fuel and registration in addition…
Organizations denounce the CAQ’s “catastrophic record” in terms of public transportation
The Quebec government’s record on public transportation is “filled with broken promises,” according to several organizations who met in downtown Montreal on Monday morning. Since its first mandate in 2018,…
Public transportation | Organizations denounce the results of the Legault government
Several organizations dedicated to promoting sustainable mobility gathered in downtown Montreal on Monday morning to denounce “the lack of significant progress in public transportation under the Legault government.” Published at…
Public transportation | The financial situation is “untenable”
Despite the government’s recent lifeline, the Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM) is launching a new appeal for help, anticipating a shortfall of half a billion. Nearly four years after the…
Public transportation | Aid of 622 million requested from Quebec for 2025
The Quebec Urban Transport Association (ATUQ) is demanding $622 million in aid from Quebec for 2025 “in order to preserve the service offering” in public transport. The organization also wishes…
Transportation of cannabis: he crosses the border with $650,000 worth of pot in his truck
A trucker who had the bad idea of going through the United States to New Brunswick with a large shipment of pot could cause his employer to lose $1.4 million,…
Public transportation | The ax falls at the STM, 230 positions eliminated
The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) will ultimately have to eliminate 230 positions, the equivalent of a 5% reduction in its payroll. The carrier assures that these cuts will…
Faced with service breakdowns, school service centers take student transportation into their own hands
Many school service centers (CSS) in Quebec are facing student transportation problems due to the shortage of bus drivers. The CSS des Affluents, in Lanaudière, has just formed its own…
Public transportation | Millions from the STM held for a month
Behind the scenes, strong tensions tore apart the city’s public transport stakeholders last year, even paralyzing the financing of the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) for a month. Posted…
the transportation of the future is in Las Vegas
Welcome The news France 2 news 8 p.m. news Published on 01/13/2024 8:54 p.m. Video length: 4 min Technology: the transportation of the future is in Las Vegas The technology…
Disabled Persons Regulations | The Transportation Agency penalizes Air Canada
(Gatineau) The Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) announces that it has fined Air Canada $97,500 for violating the Accessible Transportation for Persons with Disabilities Regulations. Published yesterday at 8:56 p.m. The…
Public transportation | Pay the OPUS card before parking, the STM asks employers
At a time when it must reduce its expenses to avoid reducing service, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) is calling on employers to pay a portion of the…
New Île-aux-Tourtes bridge | The project is “aberrant” for public transportation, says a mayor
The lack of lanes reserved for public transport on the future new Île-aux-Tourtes bridge is “aberrant”, the mayor of Vaudreuil-Dorion worried on Monday, when the Minister of Transport visited the…