Quebec Provincial Government is investing $330 M into a garage for a new system in Montreal

As the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) develops and builds the Réseau Electrique métropolitain (REM) automotive electric train system, the provincial government has dedicated $330 M to store the future trains. The provincial government already intends to spend $1.3 billion for Montreal's new trains in 2017 and intends to complete work by 2020. This latest feature of the project demonstrates a commitment by the provincial government to see the new system will have a strategically placed station to serve the city’s transit needs.

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TAXI STUDY TOUR MONTREAL & TORONTO

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UITP Global Public Transport Summit is taking place in Montreal, Canada in May 2017.

Taking this as an advantage UITP will organise Taxi Study Tour to Montreal & Toronto from 11 to 14 May 2017 in conjunction with Global Public Transport Summit. Taxi Study Tour will include visits to taxi authorities, operators, industry and Transport Network Companies.

USING UITP’S PHOTO CONTEST TO SHOWCASE INNOVATION

AMT highlights Montréal’s innovative public transport network by opening UITP’s photo contest to its passengers.

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MONTRÉAL METRO’S 50 BIRTHDAY CANDLES

Montréal celebrates its metro’s 50th anniversary

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Urban rail transport gaining popularity in North America

In the USA and Canada, light rail transport has taken off in terms of popularity.

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The Global Public Transport Summit: What's in a name?

Starting from 2017, the UITP World Congress and Exhibition becomes the Global Public Transport Summit. Reflecting what is already the biggest event in public transport’s growth in stature, the ‘Global Public Transport Summit’ will be the same high-calibre event but with even bigger ambitions.

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Vision 2020 – The Future of Public Transit for the Greater Montréal Area

In late 2011, Montréal’s Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) unveiled a public transport mobility plan called Vision 2020. The AMT hope that the $17 billion dollar plan will increase public transport use by 33% in the metropolitan region over a 10-year period.

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