Normalement, l’ensemble des travaux de signalisation, chaussée, feux de circulation, éclairage, etc. aux abords des nouvelles infrastructures des stations du REM sont sous la responsabilité du REM d’après ce que j’ai entendu dire…
Les municipalités (Brossard, Montréal, Pointe-Claire, etc.) en prendront ensuite la responsabilité pour leur entretien et gestion après les travaux.
Temporary signage has been added to Terminus Fairview–Pointe-Claire:
I noticed a lot of older people confused the bus no longer stops right at the mall, security and STM staff had to guide them.
During rush hour, there were many people very excited, saying how nice of a bus terminal it was (especially compared to the old one).
With the 470 and 230 being outside of the terminal instead of inside, a majority of users can’t wait inside the terminal because of the placement of the stops:
Are people clearly understanding where the REM goes or they cut the number of 470 buses and those are only commuters who need to reach Côte-Vertu ?
Why is that? There is not enough space in a new terminal for the busiest route in the WI?
I think because all other buses use is as a terminus/departure area. So the 470 and 230 just stop nearby! Despite being the most used buses!
This is not a problem unique to Montreal or Quebec.
They poured the concrete
I like the bike crossing markings that direct you right into a future traffic light pole
STM : The new Northbound reserved lane on Fairview in Pointe-Claire is now in sevice.
It will help improve travel for bus lines serving the new REM Fairview–Pointe-Claire station bus terminal.
As expected, Fairview was consistently the busiest station on the new branch during my various rides this week…
Additionally, most of the users at Fairview Station seemed to be commuters or shoppers while the users at Anse-a-l’Orme and Kirkland were almost exclusively trying the REM for the first time or using it for recreational purposes (one older guy with a bike boarded at Kirkland mentioned how using the REM to get to Montreal feels like “teleporting” and that it’ll be his go-to for checking out new areas to bike in).
The new Fairview Terminal’s main bus schedule screens at the front entrance were out of order. I had several older anglophones and immigrants ask me for help locating their bus stops (it seems the division into Quai A and Quai B as well as the screen placement will take some getting used to compared to the old terminal’s simple layout).
On the good side, the line at the Billeterie was full of people and I overheard several seniors excitedly tell each other the different ways they would use their free 65+ passes, suggesting that this branch has some great potential to turn senior drivers into transit users.
I tried the opposite, seeing if I could see the rem from the top of st joseph’s oratory, but even with maximum zoom it’s hard to see.
New sign on Avenue Fairview pointing between Est and Ouest 230 and 470, with the addition of pointing to the mall:
At the stops themselves, they label them twice:
There are sandwich signs placed inside and outside the terminus that list the buses as well:
Also noticed this funny paper sign, clearly added because of many people asking:
Why not write what the Lakeshore bus is
Are the traffic lights in Fairview/Pointe-Claire in service?
Having lived in the West Island many years ago, I always thought that it was an absurdity that for the old bus terminal in Fairview there were no traffic lights to make sure that buses that enter and exit the bus loop can do so safely, especially with all those cars that enter and exit the parkings of the commercial center combined with the pedestrians.
They looked like they were in service when I passed by yesterday on the service road.
