Portrait of the Greater Montréal, 2010 edition - Communauté ...

TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUTINGDowntown Montréal: the main destination of most public transit commutersWith its sizeable metro and bus network, Montréal Island is the geographic sector of Greater Montréal accounting for mostpublic transit commuter trips: in 2006, one-third of all Island commuters used this means of transportation to get to work. Thefigure for the Longueuil agglomeration was 22%; for Laval, 14%; and for the North and South Shores, less than 10%. (Withthe opening of three metro stations in 2007, however, it is likely that ridership in Laval has increased significantly since 2006.)As for the distribution of commuters by workplace, more than 90% of Greater Montréal public transit commuter trips are tothe Montréal agglomeration, and approximately half (45%), more specifically, to downtown Montréal (the Ville-Marie Borough).Breakdown of public transit commuter trips by place of work, 200646Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2006,special compilation. Calculations by the CMM, 2006.Share of commuters using public transit,Greater Montréal’s five sectors,2001-2006Breakdown of commuters using public transit,by place of work and residence, Greater Montréal’sfive sectors, 200640%30%32.5% 32.6%20012006100%80%91.1%72.0%Workplace of public transit commutersResidence of public transit commuters20%21.5% 21.5%60%40%10%0%MontréalagglomerationLongueuilagglomeration13.2% 13.7% 6.1%Laval7.3%North ShoreSources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2001 and 2006.Calculations by the CMM, 2010.5.0%6.0%South Shore20%0%Montréalagglo.3.7%10.9%Longueuilagglo.3.2% 6.7%Laval1.1%4.1%NorthShore0.4%4.4%SouthShore0.5% 2.0%Elsewherein QuebecSource: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2006, special compilation.Calculations by the CMM, 2010.