Street Whys

UPDATE:Some Saint Lambert parents continue their battle to limit access to their residential street. 

Among the victories to date, parents have managed to convince the city to install this speed hump.  (Photo: Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal).

Montreal's infrastructure problems have one Daybreak listener wondering about the safety of the STM Metro tunnels. How often are they inspected? The answer may surprise you.

Montrealers wait on a metro platform. (Photo: CBC archives).

This summer's traffic congestion has listeners wondering when Highway 30 might be ready for use. So Mo went out to take a look at the project's development.

Mo gets suited up for a closer look at the progress of the new Highway 30 bridge in Valleyfield. (Photo:Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal).

Daybreak listener Daniel Palladini spent more than two years convincing his borough that his street merits a special speed hump. Now that it's in place he has just one question, it costs how much?

Pierrefonds City councillor Christian Dubois (left) meets up with resident Daniel Palladini to oversee installation of a speed hump on Rene Emard.

(Photo: Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

One Daybreak listener wonders how long it might take to get a pedestrian crossing signal at an intersection near him. It could take as long as six years. Get the whole story on Street Whys this week.

Car traffic streams onto Frontenac leaving pedestrians standing on the street corner without much hope of crossing the street.

(Photo: Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal) 

..the traffic light synchronization project?  It was supposed to wrap up in 2007, 2008 and 2009.  So where is it now?  It's ongoing and it has grown.

(Photo: Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

Montrealers cross the road in all directions as traffic comes to a complete stop at one of the City's protected pedestrian crosswalks.  One Daybreak listener wonders if more of these are on the way.

Corner of McGill and St Jacques in Montreal's financial district.(Photo:Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

Follow the link to see the video Pedestrian crosswalk.mov 

The Mercier bridge is the latest in a string of problems on the roads and bridges. How will some of our listeners be adjusting to the summer closures? Find out this week on Street Whys.

Follow the links for up to date information on:

Mercier bridge, CITSO bus lines, STM buses, AMT trains

Traffic flows on and off the Mercier bridge during construction work earlier this year. (Photo:Courtesy of The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorprated.)

A school bus driver encounters some trouble on his usual route. 

A soon-to-be changed sign at the corner of Lafleur and Larente in Lasalle. (Photo:Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

All aboard!  Join a Daybreak listener and I aboard a double decker train on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line.  Our listener shares his critique and his concerns about the long-awaited new fleet of trains.

No racks overhead on the new double decker train.  (Photo: Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

Some Montrealers will enjoy a cooler ride this summer.  Find out more this week on Street Whys. 

Plus updates on South Shore transit labour negotiations and we'll go back to Saint-Lambert to follow-up on parents' request to block their street during morning rush hour.

STM bus on Rene-Levesque E. in Montreal. (Photo:Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

Lissa Morotti says her Saint Lambert street isn't safe for the thirty kids who live on that block.  She and other parents petitioned to get a speed hump (see image left) on their street and succeded. An upcoming city meeting will decide whether or not to limit access to their street.

Speed hump on Edison street isn't cutting it, parents say. (Photo:Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal) 

Upcoming works at the Villa Maria metro station will put a lot of  Montrealers out.  One Daybreak listener wonders if that work will allow him to get in.

A map of the STM metro network highlights the stations that are wheelchair accessible. (Image: Courtesy of the STM)

One Daybreak listener wants to know what's happening to his favourite back route to work.  Over the last few months the drive has become congested.  He's sure there's been some kind of mistake made by the City.  Find out what's really happening today on Street Whys.

One Daybreak listener wants other drivers to know about the panic stop she had to make.  She's sure others will find themselves in the same situation travelling through the Dorval Circle. 

Drivers head through the Dorval Circle along Highway 20. (Photo:Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal) 

A Daybreak listener gets back in touch two and a half years after her Street Whys question was answered. She wants to know what's behind the yo-yo speed limit in Anjou.  Find out more this week on Street Whys.

On the other side of this street the speed limit is 30.

(Photo:Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

One Daybreak listener struggles with the fact that a city snow removal operation cost her $500.

She's sure snow removal equipment did the damage.  So who pays?

Montreal city snow plows clear the streets.(Photo: CBC)

Daybreak listener Ramin Salimi worries for his children and himself every time they cross this street.  He says he's sure he'll be hit by a car one day.  His story, this week on Street Whys.

(Photo: a pedestrian hurries across Sherbrooke Street as she peers over at the lineup of drivers waiting to turn onto the Decarie expressway. Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

Monday's snow storm caught one Daybreak listener on a detour-bound bus.  She couldn't get off and says the driver told her, she should've known about the detour.  Find  how to make sure this doesn't happen to you, this week on Street Whys.

(Photo:A snow plow crosses pathes with an STM bus during Monday's snow storm.  Courtesy: Steve Rukavina, CBC News Montreal).

One Daybreak listener wonders if he'll ever be able to listen to his radio as he drives through the Lafontaine Tunnel.

Plus an update on the snow removal situation in Laval. 

(Photo: Traffic lines up ahead of the Louis Hippolyte Lafontaine Tunnel.  Courtesy of Transports Quebec)

One Daybreak listener shares his safety concerns about snow removal in Chomedey, Laval. He says his sidewalks and streets are snowed in more than a week after a snowfall and he wants to know why?  

(Photo:a couple of feet of snow sit on the sidewalk of Avenue Prince-Charles in Chomedey, Laval. Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

One Daybreak listener wonders why seemingly new escalators are being replaced.  The answers aren't what you might expect.

(Photo:A Metro user steps onto the escalator at the Place des Arts Metro station. Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

This is a shot of Mo outside the booth at the Mercier bridge.  Recently a Street Whys investigation lead Mo to that booth.

Stay tuned to Daybreak for your traffic and public transit updates as Mo reports live from the Mercier bridge all morning long.

Listen back to Street Whys:Mysteries of the Mercier booth

(Photo:Mo stands beside her broadcast base, the booth on the Mercier bridge. CBC Montreal) 

After weeks of confusion Street Whys figures out who took the adapted transit signs down and why.  Plus some good news for our Daybreak listener Erik Schiller.

(Photo:STM adapted transit sign outside Bell Centre.  Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

One Daybreak listener wonders why the adapted transit drop-off zone was removed from in front of the Bell Centre. The City says the AMT took over that space.  The AMT says it's sharing that space.  What's really going on?  Find out today on Street Whys. 

(Photos: (top) AMT sign in front of the Bell Centre. (bottom)Erik Schiller rides up the ramp of his adapted minivan. Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

As of January 1st some commuters won't be able to use their OPUS cards from the Longueuil metro station.  Find out why, today on Street Whys.

(Photo: An OPUS card machine. Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

Last time around on Street Whys you heard one listener's struggle to make it through one city block of traffic during rush hour-a voyage that can take thirty minutes.   Following that report many of you got in touch with your thoughts and questions.

(Photo:A red light stops traffic at the corner of Cathcart and University.  Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

Trying to move ahead. One Daybreak listener says it takes him a half hour to drive one-city block during his afternoon commute. He thinks he has a solution. The City thinks he raises a good point. What happens? Find out, this week on Street Whys.

(Photo:Cars along Cathcart inch forward towards the light at University. Monique Lacombe CBC) 

A chance of light flurries in the forecast seems fitting as the Santa Claus Parade comes to town tomorrow, November 20th. Find out when and where.

If you plan to use the STM buses through that area there are some detours you'll want to know about. 

(Poster courtesy of Destination Centre-Ville)

If you use the Mercier bridge you've probably noticed the barriers and the traffic lights on the Montreal-bound side.  But who is really controlling the morning rush hour? Find out this week on Street Whys.

(Montreal-bound traffic merges into two lanes at the Mercier bridge.  Photo courtesy of The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated)

One Daybreak listener got a ticket after he missed the traffic sign beyond this stop sign.  He says he wasn't alone and that he saw at least five other drivers stopped that morning.  He wants to know why that sign is where it is and he wants to see it moved. 

(Photos:The left-turn only sign sits about ten feet beyond this stop sign at the corner of Cote-de-Liesse east and Canora near the Town of Mount Royal. Monique Lacombe, CBC Montreal)

I stopped by the corner of Jeanne-Mance and Rene-Levesque yesterday morning to see the debut of the next generation of bus shelters.  Have a look at the pictures or watch the video (STM bus shelter.mov) and tell us what you think, text us 22222 or daybreak@montreal.cbc.ca

 You've probably heard about the changes that are coming to the Decarie interchange. Now you can see it all happen.  Follow this link to the Transports Quebec website and scroll to the bottom of the page to see the whole project unfold in a multi-media presentation.

How far will Daybreak listeners go to use the commuter train lines?  Drive longer? park farther? Or even risk a parking ticket?  Find out on Street Whys.

Plus find out when the AMT is coming to your neighborhood.

(Photo: courtesy of AMT) 

Daybreak's business reporter Scott Peterson has come out as Flinstone fanatic on the show this week. That started an exchange of Flinstone trivia and that's what got Daybreak listener E.J. Brule calling in. He wonders aloud if Kia's new Soul is based on a car from cartoon-land.  What do you think? Text us 22222 or 22CBC.

New speed humps in Pierrefonds are appearing as a result of a push from residents. Tomorrow on Street Whys you'll hear from one listener who continues to ask for speed humps on his street eventhough he has already been waiting for two years.  Find out why and what he thinks is at stake tomorrow on Street Whys? 

(Photo: a car rolls over a speed hump in Pierrefonds.  Monique Lacombe, CBC)

One Daybreak listener wonders why it has taken so long to finish construction at Guy and DeMaisonneuve.  Find out what's still to come this week on Street Whys.

(Photo: Monique Lacombe, CBC Radio) 

If you use Parc to get into town you will come across a detour today. That's because a portion of Parc avenue souhtbound (between Beaubien and Laurier) is closed to most traffic during morning rush hour, 6:30am-9:30am, between now and December 3rd.  There will only be one lane open during that time and it is reserved for taxis and city buses. The City of Montreal recommends using Saint Urbain or Saint Denis to head south.  If you want more information you can call the city roadworks office on Parc Avenue, 514-386-8611 ot visit the City of Montreal webpage dedicated to Parc avenue works.

(PHOTO: CBC)

What do you come across on your walk to work?  One Daybreak listener called the City to complain when she came across something she just couldn't stomach.  After weeks of waiting she starts to wonder just who is supposed to clean the sidewalk of the Georges Vanier tunnel?

(Photo:CBC- Monique Lacombe)

What's happening on Route 207? Over the last few weeks many of you have been calling me with reports of unusual delays and questions about Kahnawake Peacekeepers controlling traffic. Find out what's really going on, this week on Street Whys

(Photo: CBC)

This week we dip into the Street Whys mailbag. No one likes it when car traffic clogs up an intersection but is there a by-law against it?Are electric bikes allowed on city bike paths? Find out this week on Street Whys.

(Photo:Giacomo Panico/CBC)

Road closures take effect in the downtown core of Montreal at 9 am.  At that point if you've got your car parked within that area you won't be able to get it out until after 3:30pm.  For a few hours those streets will become pedestrian walkways. 

Several blocks of Montreal's downtown core, indicated by grass, will be closed to vehicle traffic between 9 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday. (Image:Metropolitain Transport Agency)

If you'd like to find out about the activities planned for Car-free day, click here.

This Wednesday September 22nd a portion of Montreal's downtown core will be closed to car traffic as part of the 8th annual car-free day.  The road closures are for one day only but this year the activities around car-free day last all week long. 

Check out the list of events

The Good Luck Zone gets a facelift, finally.  A new traffic light is cause for celebration for a couple of Daybreak listeners in Laval.  That's because they lobbied for it for the last three years.

Hear the whole story this week on Street Whys.

One Daybreak listener wonders about the safety of the overpass she uses to cross the Decarie expressway with her grandchildren.  Find out which one it is and whether or not it is safe, this week on Street Whys.

As the Montreal heat wave continues one Daybreak listener wonders if Montreal has the only public transit system in the world that doesn't have air conditioining. 

(Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press)