WHERE THE PARTIES STAND

Here are the highlights of

each party’s vision for development in Montreal over the next four years.

Équipe Denis Coderre:

Increase transit to the downtown core by 100,000 trips a day.

Develop waterfront areas near the Jacques Cartier and Victoria Bridges (formerly Goose Village).

Create four new primary schools and a new public secondary school downtown.

Create 1,000 new dwellings with three or more bedrooms in the downtown core, of which a significant proportion will be affordable for firsttime homebuyers, including families. Support green laneways. Develop a network of urban walks, like the Fleuve-Montagne Promenade urban path downtown.

Add 10 new pedestrian-only or shared streets each year.

Implement a “Vision Zero” road safety policy.

Implement a Heritage Action Plan.

Support the redevelopment of former hospital sites.

Give priority to families in new developments like the Triangle (in northern Côte des Neiges), western Pierrefonds and Blue Bonnets.

Launch AccèsLogis Montréal to create 5,000 new social and community housing units.

Support the development of the REM electric train network and extension of the blue métro line to Anjou.

Add 50 kilometres of new bike paths per year.

Projet Montréal

Encourage conversion of streets to pedestrian-only zones.

Protect West Island woodlands threatened by development.

Plant trees to increase green canopy and reduce heat islands.

Protect heritage by creating pools of private and public investors.

Promote knowledge of heritage through fact sheets, plaques and special events.

Create waterfront parks to facilitate access to the riverfront.

Create a network of linear parks or green corridors linked to larger green spaces like waterfront nature parks.

Halt the exodus to the suburbs by building new neighbourhoods served by public transit.

Set aside land in all major developments for community purposes, including schools.

Introduce tax incentives to convert land around métro and commuter rail stations into dense, transit-oriented neighbourhoods.

Implement a comprehensive program for affordable housing.

End spot zoning (exemption from zoning restrictions) for major real-estate projects.

Promote construction of sustainable, energy-efficient buildings.

Declare a minimum threshold for family housing (3 bedrooms or more) to be included in all new public and private housing projects, based on the housing needs in each borough.

Promote car-sharing and favour carpooling.

Build a new Pink métro line from Montreal North to Lachine.

Make the métro free for children under 12 when accompanied by an adult.

Expand and improve the bike path network and improve dangerous intersections.

Promote a more walkable city.

Create new public markets.