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How is Besançon Building a Tramway at €16 million/kilometer?

Besançon Tramway Map

» Montréal plans to spend hundreds of millions on a new busway. Is it spending too much for what it will get?

Though Montréal has significant Metro and tramway expansion plans, its next new transit line will come in the form of a bus rapid transit line down Boulevard Pie-IX on the east side of the city.  The city hopes that the creation of a “bus highway” connecting into the suburban city of Laval would be able to attract about 70,000 daily users. The project, which includes the construction of new stations and dedicated lanes along the entire Montréal side

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Upcoming Transit Line Openings: 2012

Early
  • ▶ Sacramento Green Line to the River District LRT
  • ▶ Rhode Island Wickford Junction Extension CR
  • ▶ Los Angeles Expo Line Phase 1A LRT
February
  • ▶ Las Vegas Sahara Corridor BRT
March
  • ▶ Pittsburgh North Shore Connector LRT
Spring
  • ▶ Boston Fitchburg Line Extension CR
  • ▶ Miami Airport Link Metro
  • ▶ Seattle Sounder Lakewood Extension CR
June
  • ▶ New Orleans Loyola/UPT Streetcar
July
  • ▶ Dallas Orange Line Phase II LRT
Summer
  • ▶ Los Angeles Orange Line Canoga Extension BRT
  • ▶ Los Angeles El Monte Transit Center
  • ▶ New York Nostrand/Rogers BRT
  • ▶ San Antonio Via Primo BRT
September
  • ▶ Portland Streetcar Loop
Fall
  • ▶ Calgary Northeast Line Extension LRT
  • ▶ Chicago Jeffery Corridor BRT
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