Proposed interventions along Parc and René-Lévesque

Given the density of residential and employment areas to be served, the development potential of the area, the revitalization of Parc, the demolition of the Parc/Pins interchange and its replacement by a level intersection and the presence of Detailed Planning Areas (L'Acadie/Chabanel, CP tracks surroundings, Quartier des spectacles, Central Business District), the Plan calls for the harmonious implementation of a LRT system along the following corridors:

• From De La Montagne to Bleury on René-Lévesque  West and then on Avenue du Parc to Jean-Talon West (project under study by the Agence métropolitaine de transport) with eventual extension to the L'Acadie/Chabanel area.

The City also recommends that complementary studies be undertaken with respect to implementing other effective public transportation modes along these arteries. Parc is a major public transportation corridor that handles 45,000 transit trips per day.

Proposed interventions along road and railway corridors

In order to increase service to residential and employment areas, as well as to improve access to structuring public transportation networks such as the metro and commuter trains and given the presence of Detailed Planning Areas (Bourget/Forget, Louis-H.-La Fontaine Corridor, Décarie/Cavendish/Jean-Talon West, L'Anse-à-l'Orme, Notre-Dame East), the City recommends the following interventions:

• Initiate preferential measures for public transportation such as reserved lanes that permit taxis as well, traffic signal priority and appropriate road markings along the length of the following corridors (see Map 2.2.1 ):
  • Autoroute 25 corridor (project under study by the Société de transport de Montréal);
  • Beaubien East (project under study by the Société de transport de Montréal);
  • Cavendish;
  • Côte-Vertu and Sauvé;
  • Pierrefonds;
  • Des Sources;
  • Doney;
  • Henri-Bourassa West;
  • Jacques-Bizard and its extension;
  • Lacordaire;
  • Maurice-Duplessis;