1/ Let's play a little game for this post-election day.
What if we superpose the major planned or under construction transit projects in the Greater Montréal to the provincial and federal electoral maps?
An entertaining thread (with some political insights)
What if we superpose the major planned or under construction transit projects in the Greater Montréal to the provincial and federal electoral maps?
An entertaining thread (with some political insights)
2/ Let's start with the REM, the Réseau Express Métropolitain, that we can possibly call the REL - Réseau Express Liberal-o-tain, as it is designed to hit perfectly a full jackpot of Liberal strongholds both at provincial and federal level
3/ The REM de l'Est, a creature of the current government, hits the sparsely populated but CAQ/BQ dominated East Island tip. It's somehow a REM-d'la-CAQ, especially the eastern leg.
The reason it brush past some Québec Solidaire circonscriptions is just b/c they are on the way.
The reason it brush past some Québec Solidaire circonscriptions is just b/c they are on the way.
4/ Let's go to the REM extensions under consideration. The unviable southern one reaching far out in the Montérégie was clearly an electoral "boutade" from the CAQ.
The ext. to Laval (alignement still uncertain) goes into suburban territory where the CAQ can hope to make gains
The ext. to Laval (alignement still uncertain) goes into suburban territory where the CAQ can hope to make gains
5/ Southern shore: the something something "structurant" something along Taschereau boulevard, currently being studied by CDPQ Infra. It crosses both liberal and PQ-turning-CAQ/BQ territory. Enough to make everybody happy and willing to go forward
6/ Let's go to the eternal Godot of transit projects in the CMM: the blue line ext. It crosses through immigrants dominated liberal and QS strongholds. No surprise that the current provincial government seems to be getting under the project's feet.
7/ Finally, the long-promised "something-on-rail" to the Sud-Ouest and Lachine, for the moment nothing more than a line on a map and $ 800 m set aside. It crosses through mostly liberal strongholds in Westmount, CDN-NDG and Lachine/Dorval. No surprise it's lagging behind.
8/ Final note: I'm actually not implying anything serious, and this was only a funny game, but since transit planning is very political in Canada, there are some parts of truth in this thread ;-)
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