{"id":535,"date":"2014-11-06T06:25:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T06:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2014\/11\/06\/whither-105\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:40:48","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:40:48","slug":"whither-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2014\/11\/06\/whither-105\/","title":{"rendered":"Whither the 105?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Service demanded<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

By Joel Ceausu<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cMitigation of Turcot,\u201d reads a large placard. \u201cNot constipation.\u201d <\/p>\n

Some two dozen NDG residents showed up early for an MUHC neighborhood meeting last week and staked a spot outside the McGill building on de Maisonneuve in front of the new superhospital.<\/p>\n

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\nApart from hoisting signs about the lack of local bus service, they were asking passersby to sign a petition to boost the beleaguered 105 that was reduced last spring due to budget cuts. The petition has to date collected some 500 signatures. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow is it possible today,\u201d asked Louise Venne, \u201cwhen all we hear is the call to public transit, that we have to beg for buses?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cThe 105 is a can of sardines,\u201d said NDG Councillor Peter McQueen. \u201cTransport Quebec paid for a reserved bus lane on Sherbrooke that was supposed to mitigate some of the problems caused by (work on the) Turcot.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, with a reduction of almost 10 percent of buses on the Sherbrooke route, those remaining are so full as they travel east that people can hardly embark at several stops.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal was to mitigate Turcot so people can leave their cars behind. Now buses are so bloody crowded, many would rather take their cars.\u201d <\/p>\n

It feels a lot like a bait-and-switch to many locals, like Venne. \u201cI just can\u2019t imagine that this was a coincidence. It\u2019s a big decision to create a reserved bus lane and it\u2019s a big decision to cut service. Does left know what right is doing?\u201d <\/p>\n

The STM responded to the furor by increasing the number of half-circuit 105 departures by about 40 buses. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s not a good prospect, says Karen Urtnowski with the NDG Senior Citizens\u2019 Council.<\/p>\n

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\nShe told the assembled panel at the meeting\u2014which included representatives of the AMT, STM and Transport Quebec, that area seniors and people with reduced mobility are having a hard time riding the 105. \u201cMaybe they have less balance or strength to stand on those overcrowded buses,\u201d which can result in injuries.
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