The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) has announced a workers’ strike starting on Sept. 22. During the strike, city buses and the metro will be running on restricted schedules Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays until either Oct. 5, or when the STM and the Syndicat du transport de Montréal—a union[Read More…]
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Major flaws in Montreal’s metro system leave McGill students at a loss
Montreal’s metro system has long been the lifeline of student life, whether it’s a late night out at Café Campus or an early 8 a.m. at Leacock Building. The metro system connects many major universities: Concordia, Université de Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Université de Montréal (UdeM), Université de Sherbrooke, and[Read More…]
STM safety ambassadors are customers in uniform, not adequate emergency responders
If you saw an emergency on the metro, what would be your first instinct? Would you intervene yourself? Would you call the police? Ask another bystander for help? Google what to do? Odds are you didn’t say, “Find one of six safety ambassadors scattered around the metro station who cannot[Read More…]
Wending your way through winter commutes
The arrival of winter, with its sub-zero temperatures and snow-packed roads, transforms students’ lifestyles—especially when it comes to their daily commute. Much of the student body can be seen walking or biking to school in the summer months, but far fewer cyclists are spotted on the roads once the first[Read More…]
Divest McGill’s open letter calls on Metro to encourage McGill divestment
Five members of Divest McGill gathered on April 17 outside of the Metro grocery store located in the De Lorimier neighbourhood to encourage Montrealers to boycott Metro Inc. Despite the cold and windy conditions, the Divest members connected with passersby for almost an hour to try to convince Metro shoppers[Read More…]
Ongoing Divest McGill boycott of Metro continues into March
Five members of Divest McGill met to picket outside the Plateau’s St-Hubert Metro location on March 8 as part of a boycott campaign launched in summer 2020. The small but energetic crowd wielded signs in front of the store for over one hour, braving temperatures below freezing as they engaged[Read More…]
Montreal by Metro: Blue Line Edition
Exploring the savory, the sights, and the spectacles from Snowdon to Saint-Michel.
Montreal by metro: Orange line edition
Explore the city with the start of the new semester.
New urbanist schemes for transit-oriented teens
On Nov. 19, Montreal mayor Valérie Plante announced, to the outrage of downtown business owners, that the city council has decided to pursue her plan to redesign St. Catherine Street by widening sidewalks to 6.5 metres and reducing traffic to a single lane. This transportation proposal accompanied a host of[Read More…]
The REM: Too good to be true?
With the sweltering heat of a Friday afternoon combined with yet another traffic jam on the Champlain bridge, almost any price might be considered worth paying for quicker and more accessible transportation. The Réseau express métropolitain (REM), also known as the Montreal light-rail network, aims to provide a solution to[Read More…]
