News: Montréal, reine de la congestion matinale (Number 1 in North America)

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Les bouchons de circulation placent Montréal en tête des villes nord-américaines les plus congestionnées à l’heure de pointe du matin, selon une étude de la compagnie de GPS TomTom réalisée au printemps.

Les cônes orange et les chantiers de construction ont mené la vie dure aux conducteurs de l’île et des couronnes au cours du deuxième trimestre.

Une étude du fabricant de GPS TomTom réalisée entre avril et juin 2012 révèle en effet que chaque matin, il fallait en moyenne 57 % plus de temps à un automobiliste de la métropole pour se rendre à son travail par rapport à la moyenne enregistrée lorsque le trafic est fluide.

Pire, lorsqu’il rentrait chez lui en fin d’après-midi, la durée de son trajet était 76 % plus longue que la normale.

Parmi les grandes métropoles d’Amérique du Nord, ces données placent Montréal en tête des villes les plus congestionnées à l’heure de pointe matinale et deuxième derrière Ottawa à celle du soir.

Surprise

Si on tient compte des embouteillages toutes heures confondues, la situation s’est largement détériorée à Montréal entre le premier et le deuxième trimestre 2012.

La métropole a fait un bond de huit places, passant du 12e au 4e rang des villes nord-américaines où la circulation est la plus pénible.

D’après Nick Cohn, chef de la recherche sur la congestion chez TomTom, cette augmentation s’explique par les nombreux travaux d’urgence qui ont eu lieu au centre-ville à cette période, ainsi que l’inondation et la tempête subies fin mai.

«Je suis étonné. Je trouve qu’à New York, Los Angeles ou Toronto, c’est davantage l’enfer», indique Pierre Lacasse, chroniqueur à Radio Circulation 730.

Pire à venir ?

Son collègue Philippe Laguë partage sa surprise, mais admet qu’il est désormais plus difficile d’entrer et de sortir de l’île.

«Le pire est sûrement à venir avec la réfection de l’échangeur Turcot », prévient-il.

Les experts estiment également que le réseau montréalais est insuffisant pour accueillir toutes les voitures qui y circulent.

«Le parc automobile augmente de 2 à 3 % par année, mais les autoroutes demeurent étroites, pas plus de trois voies», rappelle M. Lacasse.

http://www.journaldemontreal.com/2012/10/11/palme-de-la-congestion-matinale
 
Il y avait pas des suggestions de projets pour couper des voies et rendre la circulation encore plus difficile avec comme objectif "d'encourager le transport en commun"?

Yup, makes sense. :rolleyes:
 
Si on tient compte des embouteillages toutes heures confondues, la situation s’est largement détériorée à Montréal entre le premier et le deuxième trimestre 2012.
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C'est SURTOUT ça le problème!

De pierrefonds vers Ahunsic, je dois toujours ralentir, peu importe l'heure.

Tout les accès sont en constructino ( henri b, cote vertu, 40, gouin, etc)
 
le pont mercier avec les travaux de la 20 doit crissment pas aidé a cette belle moyenne...
 
Le malheureux problème qu'est d'avoir une île comme métropole provincial, j'imagine pas quand y vont commencer à démolir Turcot, j'avais jamais affaire à aller dans ce coin là, mais depuis, j'ai rencontré ma blonde et elle habite à côté. Au début c'était correct, mais là, quand j'y vais, surtout le week-end, c'est rendu que je dois quasiment me faire un plan google map tellement qu'il y a des fermetures et des travaux... Et c'est pas fini c'est juste le début, criss que j'ai pas hâte -_-
 
Pozzolol said:
Le malheureux problème qu'est d'avoir une île comme métropole provincial, j'imagine pas quand y vont commencer à démolir Turcot, j'avais jamais affaire à aller dans ce coin là, mais depuis, j'ai rencontré ma blonde et elle habite à côté. Au début c'était correct, mais là, quand j'y vais, surtout le week-end, c'est rendu que je dois quasiment me faire un plan google map tellement qu'il y a des fermetures et des travaux... Et c'est pas fini c'est juste le début, criss que j'ai pas hâte -_-
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Trouve toi une autre blonde. Pas l'temps de niaiser.
 
It's not just a question of being segregated, it's the lack of roads and infastructure. QUEBEC is HUGE. We need to develop East and West words. Montreal is a dying city. Go on avenue 55, the former industrial sector, it's all empty, there is nothing left. What we need to rebuild this city. Cut government size to almost nothing, have a couple hard years and rebuild. There is no way else of doing it.
 
od_man99 said:
It's not just a question of being segregated, it's the lack of roads and infastructure. QUEBEC is HUGE. We need to develop East and West words. Montreal is a dying city. Go on avenue 55, the former industrial sector, it's all empty, there is nothing left. What we need to rebuild this city. Cut government size to almost nothing, have a couple hard years and rebuild. There is no way else of doing it.
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never gonna happen though
 
How bout some of yo go to San Jose when they close the San Mateo bridge regularly for maintenance? Or how about, try crossing the bay bridge from Oakland to San Francisco during rush hour, or actually any time of the day for that matter...

Traffic sucks in any big city, thank god there's journalists out there who have nothing better to do than remind us that once in a while our traffic slows us down one minute more than another big city to make people who are so depressed with their lives hate where they live even more, and take comfort that somewhere else, things are better, when really they aren't.

I'll also have to remind you whiners of the exact wording of that article, which pretty much states that it takes 57% more time to get to work when there's traffic as opposed to when the traffic is fluid. I don't know what's worse, the person who wrote that article or the people cant catch onto shoddy journalism and use it to make themselves and others around them feel so shitty about where they live.

Although I do agree that our road infrastructure is absolutely embarrassing compared to the USA, I feel some of you may occasionally have to be reminded that we don't live in Ethiopia. We have shitty weather and most urban centers in the USA that we yearn to be like have a bigger population than our entire province...
 
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od_man99 said:
It's not just a question of being segregated, it's the lack of roads and infastructure. QUEBEC is HUGE. We need to develop East and West words. Montreal is a dying city. Go on avenue 55, the former industrial sector, it's all empty, there is nothing left. What we need to rebuild this city. Cut government size to almost nothing, have a couple hard years and rebuild. There is no way else of doing it.
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what are you talking about !

The city is booming all over the place ! Have you seen all these condo towers they are building ? It's because people are getting richer by the increase amount of business going on on the island.

Don't tell me you haven't seen that !
 
od_man99 said:
It's not just a question of being segregated, it's the lack of roads and infastructure. QUEBEC is HUGE. We need to develop East and West words. Montreal is a dying city. Go on avenue 55, the former industrial sector, it's all empty, there is nothing left. What we need to rebuild this city. Cut government size to almost nothing, have a couple hard years and rebuild. There is no way else of doing it.
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55th avenue is far from empty...
 
Dubweiser said:
Although I do agree that our road infrastructure is absolutely embarrassing compared to the USA, I feel some of you may occasionally have to be reminded that we don't live in Ethiopia. We have shitty weather and most urban centers in the USA that we yearn to be like have a bigger population than our entire province...
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The weather is the biggest crock of shit excuse in the world. There are other cities that have the same weather as we do and their roads are in nearly perfect condition....The road network is slowly improving though... If our roads/bridges etc were replaced 25 years ago when they were due, everything has a lifespan. We wouldn't be sitting in random traffic all the time.

IMO once the 30 opens it will really really help with the amount of trucks that come through the city. Hopefully transportation warehouses will move office island as well.
 
Weather is one thing that does impact traffic, but in the end, if all the $/%/$/ drivers would follow their lane, not cut traffic through highway entries (to gain a $/"/$""$/ 3-4 cars distance) and not jampack access ramps by merging at the last second, blocking 3 whole freaking lanes instead of only one, our life would be better.

Freaking zoo.
 
SRT-What? said:
what are you talking about !

The city is booming all over the place ! Have you seen all these condo towers they are building ? It's because people are getting richer by the increase amount of business going on on the island.

Don't tell me you haven't seen that !
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I wouldn't say that people are getting richer, it's just that they are getting in more debt and buying condos that stretch them out too thin. Also I think most of the condos downtown are being purchased by outsiders and not locals, whether they see it as an investment or just a place to have their kids live while they are in school here.

As for the construction that causes all this congestion in the city, I think the main problem is that it takes so long for construction projects to finish because there is no urgency to finish anything. This whole city is like a bunch of orange cones.
 
Most of these condos are bought by speculators or by people who are over extending themselves because of cheap credit.
 
logik23 said:
Most of these condos are bought by speculators or by people who are over extending themselves because of cheap credit.
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Mostly speculators that then get stuck with a ton of units in the building(s).... The condo market will crash hard.
 
od_man99 said:
It's not just a question of being segregated, it's the lack of roads and infastructure. QUEBEC is HUGE. We need to develop East and West words. Montreal is a dying city. Go on avenue 55, the former industrial sector, it's all empty, there is nothing left. What we need to rebuild this city. Cut government size to almost nothing, have a couple hard years and rebuild. There is no way else of doing it.
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It may happen if the quebec gov't falls into Greece style bankruptcy and our current political parties get liquidated. Until then I'm not holding my breath.
 
c'est ça le Québec.

Construit des Systèmes de routes sans penser aux futur
Fait rien pendant 50 ans
Reconstruit tout d'un coup.
 
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