Projet Montreal promises express bus network if elected 

Projet Montreal leader Luc Rabouin unveiled his party's plan for public transportation.

Projet Montreal Leader Luc Rabouin unveiled his party’s plan to improve public transit. If elected mayor, he would launch an express bus network project.

It would include nine new bus lines with reserved lanes, serving communities with little public transit, like Pointe-Aux-Trembles, Montreal North and LaSalle.

“We’ll bring metro quality services to the street,” Rabouin said. “Dedicated bus lanes and synchronized traffic lights to keep buses moving freely.”

Rabouin did not provide a cost for the project, nor was he able to say how many drivers or buses would be needed. He did say it would be complete in a first mandate, and the reserved lanes would run 24 hours a day.

“That doesn’t cost a lot of money,” Rabouin said. “It’s very light urban infrastructure, to be sure that we go faster, people have better access, better fluidity.”

Rabouin said the reserved lanes could result in the loss of parking spaces.

“Our main job is to move the most person […] in the most efficient way,” Rabouin said. “And more we have people in buses, less we have in their individual cars in the traffic so this is choices we have to make and we will do it.”