2009 Conference, Montreal QC - CUTA | ACTU

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During your visit, you will be able to see the repair
shop for articulated buses and shops that look after
tire retreading and repairs to the fleet of service
vehicles. You will visit the new body maintenance
centre that is equipped with solar walls, green walls
and roofs; and water catch basins.
A short presentation of the entire construction project
will give you a taste of the various principles underlying
the completion of these facilities and the daily
vehicle maintenance and service delivery activities.
Technical Tour 4 - An underground fire prevention
training centre: Training in a real-life environment
The first fire prevention school was opened following two
major fires that broke out in the Montreal Metro in the
early 1970s. Renamed the Underground Fire Prevention
Training Centre (Centre de formation souterrain en
prévention des incendies), the school moved into its new
location that reproduces a portion of the Montreal Metro
and welcomed its first students in 2007.
Today, the Centre trains more than 500 people a year.
In addition to STM employees, numerous stakeholders
from emergency departments in Montreal and the
surrounding areas, particularly firefighters, police
officers and paramedics, receive instruction from 10
training inspectors in an environment that simulates
the special conditions encountered during an incident
in an underground setting.
During your visit, you will see a simulation of a fire as
part of a train operator’s training. You will find this
absolutely striking!
Technical tour 5 - Plateau Youville: Ensuring reliable
and safe metro cars
The tour begins at the minor repair workshop, which
specializes in the maintenance and servicing of MR-73
metro cars. You will be able to see for yourself the work
done on metro cars that are scheduled for inspection
(every 9,000 km) and periodic maintenance and repairs.
You will then stop at the Operating Vehicle Intervention
Centre (Centre d’intervention des véhicules en
exploitation (CIVEX)), whose operations will be
explained briefly to you.
The tour will end at the major repair workshop where
you will see major maintenance being done on metro
cars, including a complete mechanical overhaul of the
bogies, the reconditioning of mechanical, pneumatic,
electrical and electronic components; and body
components.
Come meet the team of experts that play a key role in
maintaining service and safely moving more than
800,000 Montreal Metro riders.
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Technical tour 6 - Specialized transit:
A growing service
In 2008, the specialized transit team of the STM carried
close to 2.3 million riders in the Greater Montreal
Region, an increase of 8.3% over 2007. With its fleet
of more than 86 minibuses, 13 taxi contractors with
some 750 four-door cars and accessible vehicles, more
than 18,500 customers were served.
The specialized transit team will present all of its
activities – its mission, personnel, a client profile, the
level of service, financial framework and future projects.
They will then invite you to tour its facilities, including
the Client Service Centre and the Service Planning
Centre, where the discussion will focus on the
management of trip requests, the organization and
planning of service and the management of minibus
and taxi service delivery. In addition, you will have an
opportunity to visit the vehicle maintenance facility.
Come meet an attentive team that will share their
experience.
Technical Tour 7 - Preferential measures for buses:
The St. Michel Blvd. example
Until only recently, STM used 77 km of roadside
reserved lanes during rush hour. Over the next few
years, this network will be expanded to over 350 km
with the implementation of new measures that can
include new reserved lanes, priority lights for buses,
intelligent transit systems and rapid bus systems.
In 2009, STM brought in preferential measures for buses
along three major arteries in Montreal, including St.
Michel Blvd. The measures along that boulevard include
a curb-side reserved lane, priority traffic light system with
detection in real time and limited-stop express bus
service. This visit will enable participants to see for
themselves the benefits these types of measures have
produced. Participants will board a bus and travel down
St. Michel Blvd, at which time experts will explain,
among other things, how the priority light detection
system operates, as the bus will stop at an intersection so
that they can see the interior of a traffic light controller
and the equipment on board the vehicle.
Come and join a team of enthusiasts!
6:00pm – 7:30pm Networking Reception
(Sponsored in part by Bombardier and Giro)
Join us in the Caf’ Con of the Marriott Chateau
Champlain for hors d’oeuvres and cocktails.