{"id":39598,"date":"2025-04-27T02:05:59","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T02:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/?p=39598"},"modified":"2025-05-15T06:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T06:27:26","slug":"francais-lapproche-integree-de-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carsp.ca\/en\/news\/carsp-news\/francais-lapproche-integree-de-montreal\/","title":{"rendered":"MONTR\u00c9AL\u2019S INTEGRATED APPROACH"},"content":{"rendered":"Nancy Badeau<\/span><\/p>\n

Biography:<\/span><\/p>\n

Nancy Badeau has been the engineer heading the road safety team at Ville de\u00a0Montr\u00e9al since 2009. After working in road safety for over 30 years, she is getting ready to retire in April 2025. Nancy was also actively involved in various transportation associations throughout her career, including the Transportation Association of Canada and the Association qu\u00e9b\u00e9coise des transports.<\/span><\/p>\n

Summary<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

This article briefly explains the integrated approach Montr\u00e9al has taken to reduce traffic speed and improve road safety. The 2008 Transportation Plan marked a turning point, containing a strategy to promote public and active transportation, which included setting a 40\u00a0km\/h limit on local streets. Additional measures were implemented, such as automated speed enforcement systems and active mobility development projects.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2019, Montr\u00e9al adopted its first Vision Zero Action Plan, aiming for zero deaths and serious injuries by 2040, by taking measures such as reducing the speed limit to 30\u00a0km\/h on residential streets and improving safety around schools. The 2022\u20132024 Action Plan continued this integration with tools to design streets that encourage appropriate speeds.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Vision Zero interactive website gives an overview of the safety measures taken, with a focus on speed management measures. The 2050 Land Use and Mobility Plan aims to reduce motorized travel and promote sustainable modes of transportation, in keeping with the safe system approach and Montr\u00e9al\u2019s commitment to Vision Zero.<\/span><\/p>\n

Historical background and 2008 Transportation Plan<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

For several decades now, Ville de\u00a0Montr\u00e9al has been actively implementing road safety measures intended to reduce speed and improve residents\u2019 quality of life. These initiatives are part of a comprehensive, integrated approach to reduce transportation-related nuisances and promote safe, sustainable travel. This approach enables the City to focus on a range of actions and measures that, together, contribute to reducing the risk of serious and fatal crashes, making it safer for everyone to get around.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The implementation of speed reduction measures dates back to 1992, when the City introduced a 30\u00a0km\/h speed limit around schools and parks (1), with the exception of arterial roads. Over the years, it carried out speed reduction projects in certain residential areas. It also occasionally carried out traffic calming projects on streets with a speeding issue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The 2008 Transportation Plan marked a turning point in Ville de\u00a0Montr\u00e9al\u2019s approach to transportation and road safety. The plan adopted an overall strategy aiming to increase the modal shares of public transportation and reduce automobile use (1). A total of 21 development programs were proposed to support this strategy, including one aiming to improve transportation safety. The transportation safety program contained numerous actions, including creating calmer-traffic neighbourhoods, adapting street layouts to encourage active transportation, changing behaviours and educating and raising awareness among users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The introduction of a 40\u00a0km\/h speed limit on all of Montr\u00e9al\u2019s local residential streets was one of the key safety measures in the 2008 Transportation Plan. This project clearly demonstrated the new direction being taken to promote active and public transportation and improve quality of life in neighbourhoods by providing safer infrastructure. Setting a 40\u00a0km\/h limit made it possible to justify and implement other traffic calming measures to reduce speed and the number of vehicles in neighbourhoods. Figure\u00a01 shows the result of rolling out this speed limit project on the City\u2019s territory in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Figure\u00a01: Speed Limits in Montr\u00e9al in 2011 Following the Implementation of a 40\u00a0km\/h Speed Limit<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Several other measures were taken in the years that followed, including:<\/span><\/p>\n