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From the choice of stations to the timing of the free weekend project, the city’s plan doesn’t gel with its supposed goal of encouraging transit use.

“Charging people to take public transit during the era of the climate emergency is stupid, particularly given that we should be trying to incentivize people by whatever means necessary to stop driving their cars.”

“A Toronto university has demonstrated that it’s possible to shed unsavoury historical baggage by changing its name. I don’t normally recommend following Toronto’s example, but McGill would be wise to do the same.”

“Robert Silverman had two goals: to make cycling seem like a normal urban activity, and to encourage the city to develop infrastructure to support a growing number of people using cycling as their primary means of conveyance. Either of these tasks was an uphill battle. Doing both simultaneously was Silverman’s life work.”

“The presence of so many theatres along Ste-Catherine Street is the how and the why Montreal earned a reputation as a city of vibrant nightlife.”