Montreal Ridesharing Centre

Ride-Sharing Center

Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre Montreal [ CFRC Montreal ]

(Return tabled) Question No. 130 Mr. Francis Scarpaleggia: With regard to rail safety in Canada: (a) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways were permitted to operate with a single operator; (b) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways had permission to leave trains unattended for limited periods of time on main lines with or without an idling locomotive(s); (c) for the period of 2006-2012, which railways had permission to leave trains unattended for limited periods of time on side lines with or without an idling locomotive(s); (d) with regard to the railways in (b) and (c), under what specific conditions could the trains be le ...[+++]ft unattended; (e) what legislative or regulatory framework governs local emergency preparedness plans in the event of a rail accident; (f) with respect to the plans in (e), (i) who is responsible for creating and executing such plans, (ii) by whom are they audited, (iii) how often are they audited, (iv) against what criteria are they audited; (g) by whom and how often are municipalities through which freight trains pass provided with regular reports on (i) the state of local emergency preparedness in the event of a rail accident, (ii) the state and maintenance record of the railway lines within their borders, (iii) the materials, hazardous or not, that are transported through their jurisdiction; (h) if reports referred to in (g) are not provided, why not; (i) how many of the DOT-111 railway tank cars and the DOD-112 tank cars are in use in Canada, for each year since 2006; (j) for each year since 2006, how many rolling stock and track safety inspectors were employed at Transport Canada, broken down by (i) province of work, (ii) oversight responsibility; (k) for each year since 2006, how many rolling stock and track safety inspectors employed by Transport Canada were responsible for inspections in (i) the Greater Montreal Area, (ii) the municipality of Pointe-Claire (iii) the municipality of Beaconsfield, (iv) the municipality ...

– Ensuring sustainable and accessible urban mobility: innovative organisation schemes, including clean and safe vehicles and means of transport with lower levels of pollution , including those based on hydrogen and fuel cells, improving accessibility for persons with reduced mobility , improved and innovative solutions for transport vehicles and infrastructure - making them accessible to disabled persons, new public and/or collective transportation modes with a focus on efficiency throughout the entire mobility chain (public/collective transport, carsharing or pooling, walking and cycling) and rationalisation of private transport, commun ...[+++]ication infrastructure, integrated town planning, street works and transport incorporating modal shifts for freight traffic in line with environmental considerations; affordable schemes, balancing hardware and infrastructure measures with mobility management measures; management tools; smart software for integrated air quality, noise and traffic modelling; improving mobility between cities and their outer regions; mobility management and behavioural change measures .

– Ensuring sustainable and accessible urban mobility: innovative organisation schemes, including clean and safe vehicles and means of transport with lower levels of pollution , including those based on hydrogen and fuel cells, improving accessibility for persons with reduced mobility , improved and innovative solutions for transport vehicles and infrastructure - making them accessible to disabled persons, new public and/or collective transportation modes with a focus on efficiency throughout the entire mobility chain (public/collective transport, carsharing or pooling, walking and cycling) and rationalisation of private transport, commun ...[+++]ication infrastructure, integrated town planning, street works and transport incorporating modal shifts for freight traffic in line with environmental considerations; affordable schemes, balancing hardware and infrastructure measures with mobility management measures; management tools; smart software for integrated air quality, noise and traffic modelling; improving mobility between cities and their outer regions; mobility management and behavioural change measures .

Winner: Copenhagen, for using Mobility Week to test locally generated ideas and traffic plans for improving the traffic situation in the city, for promoting car-sharing throughout the week and for reserving city-centre access for pedestrians and cyclists for three days.