The Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain (ARTM; en, Metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority) is an

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that manages and integrates

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and

public transport Public transport (also known as public transportation, public transit, mass transit, or simply transit) is a system of transport for passengers by group travel systems available for use by the general public unlike private transport, typical ...

Greater Montreal Greater Montreal (french: Grand Montréal) is the most populous metropolitan area in Quebec and the second most populous in Canada after Greater Toronto. In 2015, Statistics Canada identified Montreal's Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) as with a ...

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. The organization was created by the

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on June 1, 2017, replacing the former planning mandate of the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT). It has assumed other key initiatives including

Opus card OPUS is a rechargeable, dual interface (contact/ contactless) stored-value smart card using the Calypso Standard and is used by major public transit operators in Greater Montreal and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. It complies with the ISO/I ...

operation and multiple other projects supporting transit.

History

In 2017, the ATM was abolished and replaced by two newly created organizations, the ARTM and the

Réseau de transport métropolitain Exo, officially known as Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM; en, Metropolitan Transportation Network), is a public transport system in Greater Montreal, including the Island of Montreal, Laval (Île Jésus), and communities along both t ...

(RTM). Its planning mandate went to the ARTM while the operation of the various

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lines across the Greater Montreal became the responsibility of the RTM. Also known as Exo, the latter also acquired oversight of the public transport agencies of

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, and

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Organization

The ARTM consists of six appointed chair members from the Montreal Metropolitan Community council and six transit experts appointed by

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, the provincial transportation authority.

Park and ride

The ARTM also is responsible for all

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lots in the Greater Montreal region. It runs 61 park-and-ride lots, many that are connected to either metropolitan bus terminuses, STM Metro stations, or Exo commuter rail stations. In addition, the agency also organizes

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, offering unloading spaces near public transit services in several of its park-and-ride lots, which allow for transfers to the bus, Metro or commuter train.AMT - Carpooling

Future projects

The ARTM has focus on several transit projects for the next ten years. The agency will submit a new ten year Transit Expansion plan to the Quebec Government in the Fall of 2018. * Metro extensions: Extending the

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and Blue lines. A project office is currently studying extensions of the Orange line to the suburb of

, passing through the Montréal borough of Saint-Laurent, and the Yellow line farther into

. * Electrification of its commuter rail lines. In the past, only the

Deux-Montagnes line Deux-Montagnes or Two Mountains Line (also designated exo6 and formerly Red Line) was formerly a commuter railway line in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was owned by Exo, the organization that operates public transport services across this ...

ran on electricity. * A

bus rapid transit Bus rapid transit (BRT), also called a busway or transitway, is a bus-based public transport system designed to have much more capacity, reliability and other quality features than a conventional bus system. Typically, a BRT system includes ...

(BRT) system on

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. The BRT will include two dedicated

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s in the middle of Pie-IX Boulevard from Laval to Montréal and include 21 stations and three park-and-ride lots. * Build maintenance centres in Lachine and

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. The two sites will allow the RTM to maintain and store (between peak hours) its train cars and locomotives. The Lachine site will accommodate rolling stock running on Canadian Pacific tracks and the Pointe-Saint-Charles site will accommodate trains running on Canadian National tracks, as well as cars for the

Réseau express métropolitain The Réseau express métropolitain (REM; en, Metropolitan Express Network) is a light metro rapid transit system under construction in Greater Montreal, Quebec, Canada. When completed in 2025, the system will link several Montreal suburbs and ...

network. * Increasing frequency on other commuter rail lines by the way of investments.

References

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