webfil Posted July 15, 2011 Report Share Posted July 15, 2011 Thanks. But I just don't see the point of owning a TRAM and using this line ; the local fare is by far a cheaper option. This is probably why it is not indicated on the flyer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph99929 Posted July 16, 2011 Report Share Posted July 16, 2011 But I just don't see the point of owning a TRAM and using this line ; the local fare is by far a cheaper option. This is probably why it is not indicated on the flyer. There are going to obviously be very few people with TRAMs onboard. But who's to say you can't live in Beloeil and travel to Montreal daily and once in a while need to go to Ste-Julie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellergraham Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 CITVR is introducing two new suburb-to-suburb bus routes as of August, one from Ste-Julie to St-Hyacinthe and another from Ste-Julie to McMasterville:http://citvr.ca/PDF/LigneAcces-horaire.pdf For those interested, it appear this route will be numbered 30. Source: http://goo.gl/NzP27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph99929 Posted August 22, 2011 Report Share Posted August 22, 2011 New service in St-Joseph-du-Lac: http://www.sjdl.qc.ca/fr/actualites.asp?ID=300 At $2 per ride with no monthly pass or TRAM acceptance, I doubt this route will be highly used. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_the_traveller Posted August 24, 2011 Report Share Posted August 24, 2011 Is this service legal? Doesn't St-Joseph fall under CIT Laurentides territory? If so, wouldn't that mean CIT Laurentides is the only authorized transit operator in St-Joseph-du-Lac? I can't help but think of the shuttle put in place many years ago by the city of Montreal-Est to shuttle people to Honore-Beaugrand metro, which was abolished because it was illegal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joseph99929 Posted August 25, 2011 Report Share Posted August 25, 2011 Is this service legal? Doesn't St-Joseph fall under CIT Laurentides territory? If so, wouldn't that mean CIT Laurentides is the only authorized transit operator in St-Joseph-du-Lac?I can't help but think of the shuttle put in place many years ago by the city of Montreal-Est to shuttle people to Honore-Beaugrand metro, which was abolished because it was illegal. No clue. I find it bizarre that the city of St-Joseph-du-Lac wouldn't just get the CIT to run the service anyways, even if they'd have to provide an additional subsidy. St-Joseph-du-Lac has, however, been operating a local shuttle within town without complaints from the CIT for a couple of years now. In fact, I remember when it came out, the CIT even published a notice advertising the new service in its buses. So who knows what the CIT will think of this service? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dj.surf.lfs Posted September 5, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 CITVR has a new website and 200 Express has been renamed ExpressO - http://www.citvr.ca/src/pdf/HExpressOaout11_2directions.pdf www.citvr.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I'd like to award a big O for this name change for no good reason! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfil Posted September 5, 2011 Report Share Posted September 5, 2011 I'd like to award a big O for this name change for no good reason! I don't know what is up, but I don't think naming lines (Accès, ExpressO) is a good marketing strategy. They tried it a hundred years ago and they came up with numbers so that everyone would stop being confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Maybe CITVR wants to be recognized as the best CIT in the known universe by APTA... If I sound cynical well that's because once you're in transit and realize that you're surrounded by idiots, well, ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 On the topic of whiny suburbanites asking for better transit service - case in point RTCR http://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/regio...s-reservees.php Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
webfil Posted September 14, 2011 Report Share Posted September 14, 2011 On the topic of whiny suburbanites asking for better transit service - case in point RTCRhttp://www.cyberpresse.ca/actualites/regio...s-reservees.php Whiny? 10 years of waiting, investments and promises for a mass transit project that never came (Via-Bus, then train) and asking for reserved (or even HOV) lanes, them be temporary or not, is not whining. That said, I wrote twice to Repentigny in 2004 and 2005 to get answers to my questions about Via-Bus stagnation and never got answered. I once called to submit the idea of a temporary AMT express buses between Terminus Repentigny and Lucien-Lallier while waiting for the train. Never got feedback. Wouldn't temporary bus lanes on Sherbrooke Est be a superb idea, giving the East fast buses while not decreasing the car capacity on A-40? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Yes, whiny. People that move to that part of Lanaudiere with garbage transit from a private company (Groupe Orleans formerly Groupe Gaudreault) cannot expect to have service on par with the major systems or even a half decent CIT like Laurentides or Vallee-du-Richelieu. Isn't it a popular option for people to cross the bridge with their cars and park at Autoparc Sherbrooke or better yet Terminus Radisson? That being said I have no problem with any Via-Bus project or even the train de l'est even though I would prefer the train to end in Repentigny or L'Assomption and have the Mascouche train pass by Laval. I don't know why the AMT is stonewalling on these major projects, the cities pay important sums of subsidies towards the AMT and should get something back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 Can anyone help me understand the relationship between Conseil intermunicipal de transport de Sorel - Varennes (CITSV) and the Régie intermunicipale de la Gare de Sorel (RIGS)? As I understand it CITSV like other CIT's is operated by a contractor. Yet it's RIGS that's buying buses from New Flyer, and that owns and operates the intermodal terminal in Sorel-Tracy. So how many layers of contractor and contractee are there? Are they both involved in the same bus services, or do they have different (but perhaps overlapping) responsibilities? Who handles local transit in Sorel-Tracy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellergraham Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 CITSV is the transit authority responsible for service between Sorel-Tracy and Longueuil (they also operate service to Saint-Amable). The services is contracted to Autobus La Quebecoise. Based on this website (PDF) (in French only) on page 4, they speak of the history between CITSV and RIGS. Apparently, the RIGS is only an "company" that is responsible for the maintenance of Gare Sorel, the old CN Train station now converted into a bus station. The RIGS is also responsible for the relocation of the terminus to a new spot on Poliquin Street (see this PDF for details, again only en Francais). The only "local transit" in Sorel is the Taxibus, according to the Ville de Sorel-Tracy Website. This is how things are right now. What's interesting is a little blurb on the bottom of the city's page which states: De plus, la Ville de Sorel-Tracy travaille actuellement avec ses voisins pour mettre sur pied un système de transport en commun régional. Translated, that means the city is working with neighbouring cities to launch a regional transit system. I think this is where you saw buses being ordered for the RIGS. I would assume their name would be changed to Conseil Regional de Transport (CRT) when they actually start a bus service (like the current CRT Lanaudiere) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted September 15, 2011 Report Share Posted September 15, 2011 CITSO has decided to join the 20th century* and install proper bus stops on Newman Blvd in LaSalle. Here is the press release NOUS DÉSIRONS AVISER NOS USAGERS QUE L’AGENCE MÉTROPOLITAINE DE TRANSPORT A PROCÉDÉ À L’INSTALLATION DE PANNEAUX D’ARRET SUR LE BOULEVARD NEWMAN À MONTRÉAL (LaSalle) À L’USAGE DES CLIENTS DU CITSO Veuillez utiliser ces arrêts pour monter à bord des véhicules du CITSO •Arrêts Newman/Carrefour Angrignon et Newman/Guy-Bouchard : arrêts jumelés : à l’est de la rue Guy-Bouchard •Arrêt Newman/Senkus : à l’est de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/Léger : à l’ouest de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/Lapierre : à l’ouest de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/Thierry : à l’ouest de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/Shevchenko : à l’ouest de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/Dollard : à l’est de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/90e Avenue (Jean-Milot) : à l’est de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/Labatt : à l’ouest de l’intersection •Arrêt Newman/Lafleur : à l’est de l’intersection WE WOULD LIKE TO ADVISE PASSENGERS THAT THE AGENCE MÉTROPOLITAINE DE TRANSPORT HAD INSTALLED BUS STOP SIGNS ON NEWMAN BOULEVARD IN MONTRÉAL (LaSalle) FOR CITSO CLIENTS Please use these bus stops to board all CITSO buses * I say 20th century because when a bus company has installed real time GPS bus times, then it has joined the 21st century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidW Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 CITSV is the transit authority responsible for service between Sorel-Tracy and Longueuil (they also operate service to Saint-Amable). The services is contracted to Autobus La Quebecoise.Based on this website (PDF) (in French only) on page 4, they speak of the history between CITSV and RIGS. Apparently, the RIGS is only an "company" that is responsible for the maintenance of Gare Sorel, the old CN Train station now converted into a bus station. The RIGS is also responsible for the relocation of the terminus to a new spot on Poliquin Street (see this PDF for details, again only en Francais). The only "local transit" in Sorel is the Taxibus, according to the Ville de Sorel-Tracy Website. This is how things are right now. What's interesting is a little blurb on the bottom of the city's page which states: Translated, that means the city is working with neighbouring cities to launch a regional transit system. I think this is where you saw buses being ordered for the RIGS. I would assume their name would be changed to Conseil Regional de Transport (CRT) when they actually start a bus service (like the current CRT Lanaudiere) Thanks for the explanation. So the translation of Gare de Sorel as "Sorel Station" is literal, they are in the business of administering a transit terminal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted September 16, 2011 Report Share Posted September 16, 2011 Not quite CIT or OMIT but a friend forwarded me this great video of the Metropolitan Provincial rollsign curtain exposures. This is what is aboard 33-008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellergraham Posted September 26, 2011 Report Share Posted September 26, 2011 CIT Laurentides is set to be the second Quebec TA to use NextBus' GPS service. The system is currently being tested, and as such only a few buses are trackable. Source: NextBus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellergraham Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 CITSV is in contract negotiations for a new Operator effective January 1, 2011. They've issued a notice stating that service will remain the same. Source: http://www.citsv.amt.qc.ca/avis/affich_avis.asp?no=800 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimon8000 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 just wondering anyone has seen SURF 673(21)7, which is the last NovaBus Classic ever built recently? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stm_5307N Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 just wondering anyone has seen SURF 673(21)7, which is the last NovaBus Classic ever built recently? Thank you It hasn't been spotted but there is no reason for it not to be active with CITL/SURF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cimon8000 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 It hasn't been spotted but there is no reason for it not to be active with CITL/SURF. any chance it has been transferred to other system? The only classics i saw during my last garage/terminal visit at Ste Therese are: 674, 676, 686, 677, 682 and 698 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMS Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 It could just be that it was at the garage in Boisbriand or was serving another line outside of Ste-Therese train station. Like the Bois-des-Filion or Ste-Anne-des-Plaines bus out of Cartier stn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6254 Posted October 13, 2011 Report Share Posted October 13, 2011 It could just be that it was at the garage in Boisbriand or was serving another line outside of Ste-Therese train station. Like the Bois-des-Filion or Ste-Anne-des-Plaines bus out of Cartier stn i was actually talking to one of the LIMOCAR staff at their garage and ask regarding to 673......however they all don't speak English*(well i don't speak French if you want to say it this way) that when i ask about the bus, they said "673..........no no no bus 673........" wonder if he means the bus is retired or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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