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Traffic problems on Lansdowne at Sherbrooke

By Henry Olders 2017-11-13 Opinions No Comments

Every weekday morning, and often at other times, there is a line of cars backed up on Lansdowne south of Sherbrooke, waiting to turn left or right onto Sherbrooke. Not only is it extremely frustrating for drivers to wait through several cycles of the stoplights at Sherbrooke and Lansdowne, but…

Free transit would make city more livable

By Henry Olders 2017-11-12 Engineering, Essays, Opinions, Publications No Comments

The following was published as an opinion piece in the Montreal Gazette, on 2017-11-14: I am excited by Valérie Plante and Projet Montréal’s election promise to improve public transportation in Montreal, and am sure that it will generate many excellent proposals. Here’s one that deserves attention: free public transportation. Let’s…