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Open Letter - The Status Quo in Transportation Costs Every Montrealer $1,500 a Year

CLIMATE RESILIENCE

Par

Jeune Chambre de commerce de Montréal (JCCM)

The status quo in transportation costs us $1,500 a year. Per person. And that's cause for concern!

That is why the business, environmental, and public health communities are speaking with one voice: an open letter co-signed by more than 20 organizations was published in La Presse last Thursday, on the sidelines of the Montreal Climate Summit.

The message is clear: the Quebec government must follow through on its 2030 Sustainable Mobility Policy and secure federal funding for public transit. While other provinces are ramping up projects, Montreal is seeing 46% of its metro assets deteriorate, despite handling 800,000 trips per day.

This is not an ideological issue, but a necessity “to reduce our emissions while supporting the local economy and contributing to the well-being of the population.” Furthermore, as the open letter states, sustainable mobility plays a major role in health prevention and in reducing social inequalities.

The JCCM, represented by our Executive Director Marie-Krystine Longpré, is proud to have joined this coalition alongside Partenariat Climat Montréal, Fondaction, Copticom, Fondaction du Grand Montréal, Vivre en ville, Énergir, the STM, Équiterre, and many others.

To read the article, click 👉 here.