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Emma Cardinal
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Urban planning student in Montréal, Canada.

Étudiante en urbanisme à Montréal.

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indeed. here's an example of the most detailed ridership data they share (as a gesture of goodwill) if you send an foi request. it gives a very general idea, but it's kinda useless cuz you can't compare monthly averages over multiple months to anything else.

cdpqinfra.com/sites/cdpqin...
December 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
December 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
a few more stats…
December 11, 2025 at 2:57 AM
you can now see your yearly stats in @transit.app!
December 11, 2025 at 2:54 AM
the snowplows are at work tonight in montreal.
December 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
not much, but go transit released new statistics.

www.instagram.com/p/DRzq3aokfm...
December 4, 2025 at 3:18 AM
the rem was packed this evening. build fast and frequent transit, and people will use it.
December 2, 2025 at 12:31 AM
le germain montréal 2020 → 2025

this is possibly my favourite mural in montreal. what used to be a very average building is now one of the most memorable ones in the area.

📷 google maps / @emmacardinal.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:56 PM
i believe it's the main one since it's in a high-traffic location and it's been decorated for different brands at least over the past few months, but i once saw a lait ad at the bus shelter at the intersection of bleury and de maisonneuve.
November 28, 2025 at 2:50 AM
it was a bmo ad, they have partnerships with a few soccer teams in canada including cf montreal.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
i present to you, the potato chips bus shelter.
November 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
i love how the logo is used in the new wayfinding for the city's biggest parks.
November 27, 2025 at 4:55 AM
boucherville (bd de montarville/ch. de touraine), but it was not cleared because they had issues with their sidewalk plows during the first snowfall this year.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
setpa, philadelphia's suburban rail agency, wants to acquire 20 comet 700 train cars from exo. these cars were retired in 2022.

www.pa.gov/governor/new...
November 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
deux-montagnes 2015 → 2024

the urban transformation near the new grand-moulin rem station is fascinating. for example, most of the single family housing on a stretch of 9e ave has been demolished to build denser housing. this is 30 min from downtown #montreal by rapid transit.

📷 google maps/earth
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
here are few pictures from the ground that i took over the past few years.
November 24, 2025 at 2:38 AM
mil outremont 2005 → 2024

here's a train yard in #montreal that is being turned into a new neighbourhood. it's less than 10 minutes away from a metro station. there's a university pavilion, housing, a grocery store, a sponge park, and soon an elementary school...

📷 google earth
November 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
November 23, 2025 at 7:51 PM
i also noticed the door issue once on monday. as for the size of the platforms, it’s likely due to existing underground infrastructure.

also, i don’t know if it’s just me, but wayfinding seems to be problematic. at least, pulsar seems to be aware of it. (they added a new temporary sign today.)
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
did you know that there are still visible signs that montreal once had a tram network? you can still see old tracks around the city sometimes, like on de bleury between sainte-catherine and rené-lévesque.
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 AM
one of the two launching gantries used to build the rem is now in british columbia for the surrey langley skytrain.

📷 davislive on r/surreybc

www.reddit.com/r/SurreyBC/c...
November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
j’ai hâte de voir à quoi ressemblera ce nouveau quartier dans quelques années.

à quelques km de là, le solar uniquartier, bien qu’imparfait, permet à des milliers de personnes d’habiter juste à côté du rem. lorsqu’il sera complété, + de 6000 habitants seront à moins de 20 minutes de montréal.
November 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
this evacuation plan is so satisfying.
November 20, 2025 at 1:17 AM
there's also a spa boat in montreal called bota bota. they announced yesterday that they'll expand by adding second boat (the one on the left in the render).

📷 bota bota's facebook page
November 20, 2025 at 12:23 AM
the new rem branch is now visible on google maps.
November 18, 2025 at 6:58 PM