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En effet, brillant comme reflexion je dois avouer.
le probleme des circuits de nuit c'est qu'ils ne suivent pas les tracés habituels, donc ne sont pas de bons candidats pour l'électrification qui necessite une infrastructure assez grosse, donc beaucoup de volume pour que cela soit rentable.

De plus, des trolleybus electrique, je crois que l'Effet sur l'environnement serait plus grand aux heures de grandes achalandage, ou les emissions provenant des automobiles sotn bcp plus grandes que la nuit, ou tu as principalement les autobus, quelques taxis et camions qui emettent.
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yeah, it would only make sense to electrify the busiest routes. the STM runs 10-15 buses per hour on the 80, 165, etc., so the savings would be considerable.

i also feel that some of you are missing one of the more crucial advantages of trolleybuses: they last longer and need less maintenance. fuel costs aside, the actual buses themselves are way cheaper to operate than any other kind of bus.
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What about the fact that these buses are tethered to their routes... making it impossible to take an alternate route in case of an accident. How often does it happen that a bus driver gets a call from the control centre telling him/her to take a different route because a road is blocked, etc. I like the idea of a trolley bus, but what contingency plans are there if a route is inaccessible?
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Living in a city that uses them, trust me, you do not want them. They are horrible. At least the ones that we have in SF.

They are noisy, unreliable, always breaking down, often come off the wires, and of course are limited to the wired route. The wires themselves are extremely ugly to look at.

In this day and age the only new buses that should be put into service are chargeable electrics or fuel cells.
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Living in a city that uses them, trust me, you do not want them. They are horrible. At least the ones that we have in SF.

They are noisy, unreliable, always breaking down, often come off the wires, and of course are limited to the wired route.
SF's trolleybuses are old. you wouldn't use a 30-year old toyota as the standard for all japanese cars, would you? modern trolleybuses are quiet and reliable.

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What about the fact that these buses are tethered to their routes... making it impossible to take an alternate route in case of an accident. How often does it happen that a bus driver gets a call from the control centre telling him/her to take a different route because a road is blocked, etc. I like the idea of a trolley bus, but what contingency plans are there if a route is inaccessible?
the latest generation of trolleybuses can disconnect from the overhead cables and run on battery power for a limited period of time. these aren't streetcars... they're buses that run on wheels.

seriously, there's a reason why vancouver has decided to replace its entire fleet of trolleybuses with new ones instead of scrapping the system altogether: it's really worth it.
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SF's trolleybuses are old. you wouldn't use a 30-year old toyota as the standard for all japanese cars, would you? modern trolleybuses are quiet and reliable.

the latest generation of trolleybuses can disconnect from the overhead cables and run on battery power for a limited period of time. these aren't streetcars... they're buses that run on wheels.
Some of SF's fleet is old, but most of the fleet is less than 5 years old. Yes, the new ones are better than the old ones, but not by enough to make me a fan.
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Bientôt des autobus hybrides à Montréal?

02/02/2007 Des autobus hybrides circuleront bientôt à Montréal et en Outaouais.
Selon Le Devoir, une entente avec Ottawa et Québec est sur le point d'être conclue pour financer l'acquisition d'autobus fonctionnant à l'électricité et au diesel.

Si les fonds nécessaires sont débloqués par les gouvernements, la Société de transport de Montréal (STM) espère faire l'acquisition de huit véhicules hybrides d'ici la fin de l'année.

La société de transport de l'Outaouais (STO) compte de son côté intégrer deux autobus de ce type dans son service. La STO a pris possession du tout premier autobus hybride de la firme Novabus le mois dernier.

Ces autobus coûtent 700 000 dollars chacun, comparativement à 450 000$ pour un autobus conventionnel.
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Ces autobus coûtent 700 000 dollars chacun, comparativement à 450 000$ pour un autobus conventionnel.
Ah oui. Vive le Canada. Continuez a subventioner NovaBus.

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Richard Bergeron and Projet Montréal are still sold on the tram idea. They unveiled their tramway plan yesterday. Below are a link to a simplified version of their plan in PDF format as well as a cyberpresse.ca article.

plan tramway d’une administration Projet Montréal

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Le chef du parti Projet Montréal récidive avec son projet de tramway pour la métropole. Devant la presse hier, il a dévoilé les grandes lignes d'un réseau de 250 km qui, après 20 ans, coûterait 10 milliards de dollars.

Plusieurs grandes villes du monde ont un tramway. Montréal, qui a depuis longtemps enfoui les rails de celui qu'elle a déjà eu, devrait en créer un autre, selon Richard Bergeron. Le chef de Projet Montréal croit qu'un tel projet pourrait redorer l'image de la ville tout en constituant un atout écologique. «C'est un projet urbain global, dit-il. Mais c'est surtout un autre moyen d'atteindre les objectifs de Kyoto.»

Celui qui a réalisé cette étude de faisabilité a imaginé des tracés qui, au bout du compte, relieraient les arrondissements de Montréal. «Dans un premier temps, le parcours totaliserait 25 km et serait sans doute implanté au centre-ville», dit M. Bergeron.



À raison de 40 millions de dollars le kilomètre, la première étape du tracé couvrirait 25 km et coûterait environ un milliard de dollars. Malgré les difficultés financières des transports en commun de Montréal, Richard Bergeron trouve cette somme tout à fait justifiée.

«Le calibre d'investissement est le même que pour le métro dans les années 60, dit-il. La rue McGill est belle. Elle a coûté 30 millions le kilomètre. La rue Saint-Denis a coûté 16 millions le kilomètre. Et tout cela, ce n'est que du pavé. Moi je parle de quelque chose d'autre.»

Au projet de tramway, Richard Bergeron jumelle certains objectifs afin d'augmenter l'utilisation des transports en commun. Ainsi, il souhaite faire passer à 300 millions les 225 millions d'usagers annuels du métro et faire augmenter de 80 % la clientèle des autobus. Quant au tramway, il pense qu'il desservira 350 millions d'usagers annuellement.

Richard Bergeron a tenu à présenter son projet avant que le maire Gérald Tremblay ne dépose son plan de transport. «Je ne vous cache pas que nous voulons être la prochaine administration, dit M. Bergeron. Avec un tel projet, nous pourrons convaincre les électeurs. Ce n'est plus possible de voir à quel point Montréal recule avec l'actuelle administration.»

Le retour du tramway à Montréal est une idée qui circule de plus en plus. On se souviendra que Gérald Tremblay est rentré très inspiré d'un voyage à Paris où on procédait à l'inauguration du nouveau tramway. Quant à Richard Bergeron, lors des dernières élections municipales, il manifestait déjà son intérêt pour ce moyen de transport.
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but why? if its to lessen pollution, propane buses should do as fine minus the cables. Heck i'm sure in the not too distant future, there will be hydrogene buses.
The hydrogen buses are currently being tested on a pilot project by ETS (Edmonton Transit System).

However seeing the trolly buses downtown and all over the central part of Edmonton, they really hake a huge difference with regards to noise and ofcourse no emissions. The wires can be considered a blight on the land scape, but to me its the wires add charactor. They would work wonderfully in Montreal rather than some of the buses I would believe.
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won't they be stuck in traffic?
No rarely see that happen. In fact because cars must yeild to buses, then there is no difference in terms of pulling over etc vs other buses not to mention that the are usually on busy roads where there are dedicated bus lanes so in that regards they avoid the traffic. Then the issue of the lines falling off, the buses are equiped with cords to reconnect to the overhead wires within seconds. Plus this only happens once in a blue moon.
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cars don't yield to busses here
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cars don't yield to busses here
no kidding.

I was in Corner Brook Newfoundland last week. And i was trying to cross the street(not at an intersection), so i stepped off the sidewalk, and all of a sudden all the cars stopped. At first i was wondering what the hell wqas going on, then i realized they were stopping ofr me.

I couldn't believe it, cars stopping for ME!?!?!WOW! You'll never see that in Montreal!
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i freak out when that happens... i always think they're teasing me before they ruthlessly run me over.

the worst is when some out-of-town driver (usually with ontario plates) stops for you here, which just screws up the whole jaywalking rhythm.
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screws up the whole jaywalking rhythm.
hahahaha oh man, so eloquently put!!!

I even shouted at one of them once!!
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no kidding.

I was in Corner Brook Newfoundland last week. And i was trying to cross the street(not at an intersection), so i stepped off the sidewalk, and all of a sudden all the cars stopped. At first i was wondering what the hell wqas going on, then i realized they were stopping ofr me.

I couldn't believe it, cars stopping for ME!?!?!WOW! You'll never see that in Montreal!
t'a raison.

les conducteurs à Montréal sont pas mal dangereux...et les piétons aussi...déjà quand on sort de la région de Montréal on voit une grosse différence....on conduit un peu comme les méditérannéens....genre : TASSE TOI OU JE TE PASSE DESSUS! ...

il y avait un reportage la semaine passée à RDI je crois qui parlait du fait qu'en Ontario les conducteurs qui ont moins d'un certain nombre d'années d'expérience ne peuvent pas conduire sur les autoroutes .....c'est une bonne idée je crois....ça réduit peut être pas les risques dans les rues en ville, mais sa réduit surment le nombre d'accidents....je crois qu'ils dissaient qu'au Québec on a genre 2x plus d'accidents qu'en Ontario, même s'ils sont presque 2x plus nombreux.....ça veut dire que ça nous coûte très cher et on perd des gens inutilement


en passant ...il fait tu assez froid...j'espère que ceux qui se plaignaient qu'on avait pas d'hiver sont content....aller sorter dehors ast'heure....moi en sortant cette nuit, ma poignée est tombée....s'a en dit long sur le froid qu'il fait et sur la qualité de la poignée.
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en passant ...il fait tu assez froid...j'espère que ceux qui se plaignaient qu'on avait pas d'hiver sont content....aller sorter dehors ast'heure....moi en sortant cette nuit, ma poignée est tombée....s'a en dit long sur le froid qu'il fait et sur la qualité de la poignée.
J'ai pitié pour les pauvres qui doivent prendre l'autobus...surtout attendre pour dehors....pendant ce temps...mes sièges chauffants dans mon auto me garde le cul bien au chaud!!

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i freak out when that happens... i always think they're teasing me before they ruthlessly run me over.

the worst is when some out-of-town driver (usually with ontario plates) stops for you here, which just screws up the whole jaywalking rhythm
definately agree with you on that. We have this kind of rythme here. At first it must be hard to get it, but after a while, things work well. I wouldn'T want things to change. when i walk the streets, it makes me more aware of my surroundings.
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its actually easier to drive on the highway than in the streets??!
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cars don't yield to busses here
Well thats true, but in Montreal they don't yeild to anyone as they think they own the road. Actually SHOFEAR an Edmonton forumer is a guy who does not yeild to buses from the burbs coming into Edmonton as he figures if those bastards wanna come into the city and use his roads then they should wait for him, though that trend seems to be the case more and more these days.
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its actually easier to drive on the highway than in the streets??!
Not really I hate when driving into Montreal from Toronto when you pass that town and have to stop it sucks. Too bad there is no bypass around that small town. However when I am hungry I have been known to stop at the St Hubert on the way in. I guess that place is more of a welcome to Quebec as you can not get this anywhere else.
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