Hackers' Pub

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @straphanger@urbanists.social

11/25/2025, 7:40:26 PM

Public

Something very cool just happened to #Montreal.

Last week I got to ride on the REM line, now fully open from Brossard to Deux-Montagnes.

Automated. Electric. Frequent (2.5 minute headways). Fast (100 km/h plus). Cheap to build. (One tenth the price of other systems)

And really fun to ride...

🧵

𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇 @straphanger@urbanists.social

11/25/2025, 7:41:24 PM

Public

This is the largest transit expansion in North America. And in this
Maclean's Magazine feature, I argue that other cities should be looking at the advantages of light metros like the REM:

https://macleans.ca/society/montreals-new-rail-line-is-the-future/

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