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have you guys read anything about the REM project in Montreal, Canada? its a pretty garbage and cat-bus addressed most of the problems thoroughly in a 100 page brief. Heres my response to it, a comprehensive transit network that could probably be built with only double the money that is being spent on REM. this would put montreal's transit on the world stage with european and asian cities.
It calls for 58 new commuter rail stations and the creation of 4 new lines- all along existing rail right of ways.
Revamping the regional rail system would entail the purchasing of lots of new rolling stock (preferably the new bombardier units that can use diesel and overhead wires to allow incremental electrification) and also double tracking according to traffic. Minimum 1 hour headways on all lines all day and 15 minute headways at rush hour on the busiest lines.
In addition, the metro would be expanded with 15km of new tunnels and 11 new stations, with 8 new stations for the blue line turning it to a true east-west crosstown line like the green. The orange line would be extended 2 stations to connect with bois franc on the deux montagnes line and the yellow line 1 station to vieux-longueuil to study the feasibility of more tunneling.
Also theres a people mover similar to AirTrain connected to the Vaudreuil-Hudson lines Dorval station which carries passengers to the Pierre Elliot Trudeau Intl' Airport.
