The Montreal Gazette

As part of its 400th birthday celebration, Quebec City kicked off a plan that involves lighting up its historic landmarks at night.

Officials and thinkers from all over came together to brainstorm with Montrealers on how to go about reigning in decades of sprawl. A new Quebec law requires the city to come up with a land use plan by next year.

The Whole Village in Ontario, Canada is an environmentally sustainable co-op made up of architects, doctors and teachers instead of draft dodgers and dropouts.

The new Montreal Symphony Hall design is revealed. The architect states, 'We are not building for the ego of the architect, large as it might be.'

French starchitect Paul Andreu is creating a new iconic building for Montreal, but writer Joseph Baker posits that one splashy building does not a beautiful city make. Baker calls for a grand vision of city form on the scale of Barecelona's plan.

In the aftermath of a grisly and unprovoked murder on a Greyhound Bus, Transport Canada and municipalities are looking at how to improve security on buses and trains.

The provincial government of Montréal challenged transit authorities to increase capacity in time for school. One authority says,'It's been 10 years we've been telling them to put new money into buses and métros...what can they do in two months?'

Following the example set by Paris and Lyon, Montreal plans to be the first city in North America to set up a large-scale "self-serve" public bicycle rental service.

Can smart cards change the way transit is used?

Wendell Cox argues for the "upside of sprawl", or "suburbanization" as he prefers to call it, in Montreal.

How to make Montreal greener and Kyoto-compliant by reducing car use and increasing public transit use.

Projet Montreal, led by urban planner Richard Bergeron, campaigns for car-free development in civic election campaign.

As Montreal's Metro pushes 40 years of age, a series of articles document the past and future changes.

The better Montreal's Convention Center does, the more it costs taxpayers.

Canada's opposition Conservative party proposes income tax rebate for transit passes.

New casino promises 6,450 new jobs but residents fear social problems.

Cash from gas taxes will be used to fund publict transit and sustainable infrastructure in Canada.

Montreal announces a new $5-million program to create a major cycling artery.

Mayor promises to pressure Quebec, Canada to sign contract with feds for excise-tax deal.

Public transit use in greater Montreal has risen by 7.8% since 1998 according to new origin-destination survey.