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CRT Lanaudière is not "composed" of these systems. It IS a system itself. Here's the story : 1980 : Gouvernement du Québec buys Métropolitain Provincial lines, hands them to Commission des transports de la Communauté Urbaine de Montréal (MUCTC, ex-STM). Metroprov flags are still visible on Notre-Dame street in Pointe-aux-Trembles. Local lines in Repentigny are handled by SABEM for a short period of time. 1984 : Loi sur les Conseils intermunicipaux de transport dans la région de Montréal, (LRQ c C-60.1). Repentigny is not able to come to a deal; stays with MUCTC, possibly served by line 189. Route in Repentigny is the following : Pont Le Gardeur, rue Notre-Dame, boulevard Iberville, boulevard Laurentien, rue Notre-Dame, pont Le Gardeur. By 1989, there were 26 departures per weekday, with a daily ridership of 850. There was no other local service. The following CITs and OMITs have been incorporated in Lanaudière between 1984 and 1986 : CIT Le Portage, serving Saint-Paul-de-Joliette, Sainte-Marie-Salomé, Sacré-Cœur-de-Jésus-de-Crabtree-Mills, Crabtree, Saint-Gérard-Magella, L'Assomption, Le Gardeur and Charlemagne onto Radisson station; CIT du Chemin-du-Roy, serving Saint-Sulpice, Saint-Antoine-de-Lavaltrie, Lavaltrie, Lanoraie, Sainte-Geneviève-de-Berthier and Berthierville onto Radisson station (shortlived, possibly revived under CIT Brandon name); [CIT Brandon, serving Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon, Saint-Michel-des-Saints and others (not sure, as they do not seem to appear in c-60.1 Appendix I)]; CIT Montcalm, serving Saint-Roch-Ouest, Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Saint-Esprit, Sainte-Julienne, Rawdon Township, Town of Rawdon, Chertsey, Entrelacs, Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci and Saint-Donat (and possibly Saint-Alexis Parish, Saint-Alexis-de-Montcalm, Saint-Jacques Parish, Saint-Jacques-de-Montcalm, as they are listed in in LRQ c-60.1 Appendix I) onto Henri-Bourassa station and Station Centrale (Berri-UQAM); CIT des Moulins, serving Lachenaie, Terrebonne, Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne and La Plaine onto Henri-Bourassa station; and CIT du Joliette Métropolitain, serving Notre-Dame-des-Prairies, Saint-Charles-Borromée and Joliette [onto Radisson station and Station Centrale (Berri-UQAM), perhaps was it via CIT Le Portage?]. [*]January 1st 1990 marks the debut of OMIT Repentigny, with LanauBus as subcontractor for the 2 local and 1 Montréal-bound lines. Annual ridership is 100,000 for local lines and 400,000 for Montréal "Circuit 3". LanauBus operates 7 MCI Classics. [*]In May 2000 was inaugurated the AMT "Centre d'Échange Rive-Nord Est", now Terminus Repentigny, equipped with heated shelters and a 180-place park-'n-ride. That realisation was done with a major transit reorganisation in sight; CIT Le Portage, CIT Joliette Métropolitain and OMIT Repentigny would eventually use the terminus as a transfer point; Le Gardeur and Charlemagne began to receive OMIT Repentigny services in 2001. LanauBus have also acquired 30' and 40' NovaBus RTS in that period. Following a 1999 report on regional transit services, the Commission Régionale des Transports de Lanaudière was incorporated by a Gouvernement du Québec decree on August 28th 2002, in order to amalgamate interurban and regional services in Lanaudière region (Moulins, L'Assomption, D'Autray, Joliette, Montcalm and Matawinie counties), offering enhanced connections and ensuring a public transit service throughout the region.The pilot project has a 3 year duration; as every MRC (county regional municipality) in Lanaudière claimed their jurisdiction* over transit, the governmental CRTL services were designed not to interfere with local transit and the CITs and OMITs were to be disbanded and be replaced by the county council or a subcomitee. The CRTL board is formed from 14 people : the prefect of every county + 1 resident of every county named by their prefect + 1 transit and 1 paratransit users. ___________________ * : According to Québec municipal laws, counties regional municipalities (MRC) can claim jurisdiction and take over the operations of the following : public housing, waste management, local roads and transit In the beginning, CRTL took over interurban CIT operations. When launched, the service offered the 7 following routes : Montréal (Radisson) ― Chertsey ― Saint-Donat (local) Montréal (Radisson) ― L'Assomption ― Crabtree/Saint-Paul ― Joliette (local) Montréal (Berri-UQAM) ― Repentigny ― Joliette (express via A-40 and A-31) 30 Express : Repentigny (Centre d'Échange Rive-Nord Est) - Terrebonne (Terminus) (via A-40,640,25) Joliette ― Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon (local) Joliette ― Saint-Michel-des-Saints (local) Montréal (Radisson) ― Repentigny/L'Assomption ― Berthierville ― Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola (with ferry connection to Sorel) (local) [*]Joliette maintained its local services as CITJM. MRC L'Assomption took over OMIT Repentigny in 2002, following its jurisdiction claim. CIT des Moulins was disbanded later. [*]Service was slightly improved in late 2003, early 2004 : Route 30 was suspended; A route linking Rawdon to Joliette was introduced A route linking Saint-Lin―Laurentides to Terrebonne (1 trip/day) was introdueced A route linking Berthierville to Joliette via R-158 was introduced [*]As of summer 2004, service was reorganised and route numbers were assigned to the different schedules, revamped with distinctive graphics : 5 : Joliette-Montréal corridor (a late night service [arrival in Joliette at 1:02] was introduced on saturdays) 31 : Saint-Gabriel ― Joliette 32 : Saint-Michel-des-Saints ― Joliette 33 : Saint-Lin―Laurentides ― Terrebonne 34 : Rawdon-Joliette 125 : Montréal ― Saint-Donat corridor 138 : Montréal-Berthierville 158 : Joliette-Berthierville I'll go on from there tomorrow. Starting to feel overtired.

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Yup. Legendre got 193 since Stinson opened. There will be some jeopardy in the next few weeks concerning the artic routes. EDIT : 193, 197 and (you already know that) 470 will get artics, according to an Andy Riga tweet, although I'm not able to find an STM confirmation.

Rode a Keolis MCI on CRTL route 125. How I miss the luxury and elegance of Prévostcars, their comfy seats, handy tablet and smooth suspension. Are all the Keolis MCIs LCD-screens-equipped? What's the use? The Setra looks neat, although there seem to be no luggage rack inside.

I happened to ride 2nd gens on STM route 139 in the last couple of days. The first one I rode was on the 17th, the destination sign had the «École» banner at 21:38. I just wonder what the hell was going on, but then I remembered this and smiled. 40-footers remind you of how popular that route is, with people piling up inside the bus at the metro station.

CRTL will offer its services for free on December 25th and January 1st. It has a special schedule for holidays and their eves, whereas route 50 will get an additionnal departure from Radisson on the 24th and 31st : http://www.crtl.gouv.qc.ca/communiques/2013-11-27/AC-13-11-01-H-Periode-des-fetes-et-circut-50-bonifie.pdf

Indeed. I had not checked the schedule, sorry.

The STM will be running all of the 3 shuttles : Longueuil―Papineau―Berri-UQÀM Longueuil―Jean-Drapeau Berri-UQAM―Papineau―Casino Their expected service interval is 4 minutes. The fare will remain the same (Zone 3 fares from Longueuil, STM fares from Montréal). Anyways. Here's the STM powerpoint on that matter : http://www.lapresse....e_dec2013_0.pdf I disagree strongly. La Ronde brings a lot of traffic to Jacques-Cartier, and the weekend Ronde-bound backups can compare to afternoon rush hours, at least from the Montréal side. Whilst the latter affects the whole bridge, the former affects a single lane on half of the bridge. What worries me is not the rise of traffic rates on the bridge, but the likely absence of any mitigation/priority measures for these shuttles. I just wonder how will they manage to get 1 bus every 4 minute to bring people from the city to the islands, without just cramming them in the jams. I went jogging couple of times on the east deck sidewalk last summer, shocked everytime by this image of multiple stalled 769's loaded with teenagers & families just waiting in line with other parking-bound cars, with the VMS displaying "Stationnement La Ronde Parking complet/full".

Remember Via-bus de l'Est? Transports Québec is still the owner of a an obsolete CN ROW and it acquired...15-20 years ago (between Bennett Av. in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and 65e Avenue in PAT ― although part of it has been used for the construction of Souligny connector)! Let's not rejoyce too early.

State of the Union Well let's not forget M&SC was an interurban tram. The ROW has been configured for light rail ― quick decel/accelerations, sharp curves. Plus, the track through Saint-Hubert is in quite bad shape. Some reports on Montréal/New York rail services I read some time ago stated that train speed is limited to 25 mi/h, 10 mi/h in curves and through switches. Communauté Métropolitaine de Montréal had it seen coming in its PMAD, where a high level-of-service transit corridor justified 30-80 dwellings/hectare densities in Chambly and Saint-Hubert, although vacant lots down there are mostly protected by the CPTAQ. PMAD states that a commuter rail link is studied in that corridor. Reality check There is no way heavy passenger transit could be attractive, even with trackage rebuild, whereas low speed and low level of service (we are talking about a line that would carry, what, at most 200 passengers/day beyond Saint-Hubert?) would be a cockblock for popularity. LRT would necessitate investments that ridership would not justify, and I don't see how it could link to Champlain, as the line is pointing due northeast, towards Jacques-Cartier. And a LRT line originating from Chambly, reaching Saint-Hubert, then going south towards Chevrier is nothing logical; there is not enough demand in transit nor expected/allowed growth in Chambly/Richelieu area to justify a >15-kilometre Champlain LRT extension. A plausible LRT routing would rather parallel 116 and Taschereau, but I think that this is no AMT's card-in-the-sleeve. Considering the actual trend in favour of busways, I would expect that over rail transit. There is currently some planned radial BRTs (Chevrier―Promenades―Rolland-Therrien, Tascherau, Curé-Poirier) that could be merged and redivided considering this new asset. In the end, I would expect a M&SC ROW-Kimber/Maricourt-116-Taschereau-Métro busway. My wishlist What I would like to see, although, is a "revival" of the M&SC, a peak-service interurban LRT with all-day urban service through urbanized areas. I know that won't happen. Rehab of the Richelieu bridge, if needed. AMT has to consider the extension of the metropolitan area of influence, not just its jurisdiction. A station at Richelieu ― even Marieville― with good parking would drain regular commuter trafic from A-10. A well placed terminus can revive a whole town core; I hate to say that, but Chambly bus terminal location is bullcrap. Move that thing north, along an LRT station. Make that 2 stations in Chambly; Bellerive, Désourdy/de la Carrière and Brookline could all get a station, in order to consolidate these urbanisation pockets; Urban service in Saint-Hubert; Pass over 116 and Southwark yard; Urban service on Jacques-Cartier, Taschereau, Désaulniers and Marquette; Terminus at Longueuil metro Just another transitfan pipedream.

http://blog.fagstein...chnobb-and-stm/ Article's good, except for some anti-transit/anti-state/anti-green/anti-all readers' comments.

Both AMT and STM recorded last week a 15% rise in ridership for Candiac, Mont-Saint-Hilaire ad Yellow line, according to Radio-Canada, showing how attractive is rail transit during critical road trafic situations. Unfortunately, that rise will not translate in adequate funding nor long-term service improvements and "progress" will be lost in a few weeks when people will return to their cars.

The saga continues : No more reserved lane on Champlain as long as a lane is closed on the bridge, says Gaudreault (Transportation, Territorial Occupancy, Municipal and Regional Affairs minister). http://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/politique-quebecoise/201311/18/01-4712086-la-voie-reservee-sacrifiee-sur-le-pont-champlain.php

I guess you can expect a sixth one. Add on top of that supplementary car for the south shore lines : 3 additionnal metro cars on each of Line 4 trains (does that mean retrieving 2 trains from Line 1?); Reopening of the Montréal-bound reserved lane on Champlain Bridge monday morning; More park-'n-ride places at Chevrier and Panama (how the hell?); Buses allowed on left shoulder in order to bypass queues when entering A-15/20 from Bonaventure; Free OPUS disposable cards giveaway for motorists at some intersections; Reversible Victoria bridge deck south shore-bound period extended from 14h to 20h (instead of 15h to 19h); Reversible Jacques-Cartier bridge centre lane period extended on peaks and weekends; Finish 132/25 interchange ASAP (extend working periods=overtime $alary for workers); No Mercier and Louis-Hyppolite-Lafontaine lane closures this weekend. Yup. That should do it, now. Let's hope that this lane closure does not last as long as the whole Mercier closure in 2011.

Candiac and Mont-Saint-Hilaire lines will get an additionnal car, tomorrow henceforth. That should last as long as the reserved lane on Champlain is closed. http://www.lapresse....la-rive-sud.php

I had some getting around Candiac too. It is nearly impossible to commute between eastern and western parts of MRC Roussillon; IIRC the only transfer point is somewhere around Cascades and it allows connection with two peak-direction buses... Don't even think about doing that on weekends. Candiac station is, anyways, poorly, very poorly served in bus service, with the quicker Champlain bus corridor too close for it to serve a large area.

Sorry to nitpick, but technically, the STO is now the owner of the rail line and its ROW west of Boulevard Lorrain. The STO was required by the MTQ to maintain a functionnal rail link once the whole thing is built. Note the lack of signals on the picture (a simple St. Andrew's cross); that might give you a hint on how light the traffic might be on that line. Anyways the Prince-of-Wales bridge is such a wreck and the Domtar has put a fence and removed the tracks leading to their loading bay : I think there is hardly a train headed west of Papiers Résolu plant in Gatineau ― still there I believe the plant is closed. The steel tracks are just a formality.

I lived in Repentigny for most of my life, I know that. I even rode once a Murray Hill Prévost with Action de Joliette QAAAJHL decals on CTJM route 5. I am not surprised at all. I just wonder if that will be for a short period of time, as it is quite a high season for coaches and charter services on such a vehicle (pano windows, 150,000 BTU A/C, comfy seating, air suspension, luggage trunk, no destination sign, etc.) are sure more profitable than suburban transit. There might be some sandstorm in a glass of water; I would not bet a green bill that these buses (there are 3 of them, right?) will make it into Urbis's regular service fleet.

Announcements on the 467 are quite neat, but they seem to require a good amount of tech gear, by looking at the antennas and boxes fixed to the traffic signal poles along Saint-Michel. I just hope too that this system spreads to every express route, but with a lighter technology; a GPS would do the job for less money (or at least less gear) than this RF system.

I'm quite surprised that Murray Hill division now operates Urbis, as it has been for a long time now (1930's? 1940's?) a charter company. Could you tell if that was a permanent Urbis sticker or a magnetic? I remember that in the past (Groupe Gaudreault days), Murray Hill division supplied LanauBus and Gaudreault Bus divisions with coaches on a temporary basis, but I question that this kind of vehicle (the panoramic windows makes it more of a sightseeing tour bus; it is not even equipped with a destination sign) will be bound to urban service.

Taken from : http://amt.qc.ca/uploadedFiles/AMT/Site_Corpo/Promotion/Consultations_publiques/2013_-_Printemps/2013-Consultation-publique-Webdiffusion-16X9-VF.pdf

Yup. Agreed. There is not much discussion held on transit outside Montréal Métropolitain.

The automated stop announcements on line 467 are made through these speakers, though.

They were in service this morning, according to that picture :