Backgrounder: The governments of Canada and Quebec support better public transit services in Longueuil

Project Name

Federal Funding

Provincial Funding

Funding from the Réseau de transport

 Purchase 31 buses in 2017 for Route 90

$14,500,000

$11,600,000

$2,900,000

Purchase 15 buses in 2017

$6,750,000

$5,400,000

$1,350,000

Saint-Hubert operations centre – Major repairs (drawings, bay and part of the roof)

$3,596,000

$2,876,800

$719,200

Vieux-Longueil operations centre – Priority work

$1,976,500

$1,581,200

$395,300

Development of the De Mortagne incentive parking lot

$1,346,000

$1,076,800

$269,200

Operational suppot and traveller information system – Chrono solution (Phase 1)

$1,062,500

$850,000

$212,500

Purchase, experimentation and deployment planning for 30-foot electric buses

$963,500

$770,800

$192,700

Access to Saint-Hubert station terminal via Patrick Street and the Vauquelin reserved lane

$706,500

$565,200

$141,300

Sainr-Hubert operations centre – Urgent work – Deficiencies

$637,580

$510,064

$127,516

Radio communication system

$517,148

$413,718

$103,430

Study on integrating a structuring mode of transportation on Taschereau

$301,000

$240,800

$60,200

Development program for reserved lanes and preferential measures for buses

$212,500

$170,000

$42,500

Replacement of 7 garage doors at the Saint-Hubert operations centre (2016-17)

$194,816

$155,853

$38,963

Service improvement plan

$194,800

$155,840

$38,960

Use of smart card data in the STAD system for planning and indicator calculation purposes

$177,000

$141,600

$35,400

Universal access – Adaptation of 2011 series buses

$170,000

$136,000

$34,000

Wi-Fi for clients travelling on buses (Phase 1)

$138,150

$110,520

$27,630

Equipment upgrade program

$137,434

$109,947

$27,487

Purchase and installation of passenger counting systems ahead of SAEIV deployment (Phase 1)

$125,000

$100,000

$25,000

Transit improvement plan for the 2020 horizon

$124,000

$99,200

$24,800

Implementation of an infrastructure upgrade program due to lack of maintenance

$123,950

$99,160

$24,790

Installation of lifelines at the Longueuil and Saint-Hubert operations centres

$122,000

$97,600

$24,400

Development of a strategy to improve bus service for recreational and tourism sites

$106,500

$85,200

$21,300

Upgrade of the fuel system (AG)

$100,000

$80,000

$20,000

IT contingency system (Phase 1)

$67,500

$54,000

$13,500

Installation of passenger counting systems on buses (SAEIV)

$67,300

$53,840

$13,460

Pilot project for timetable deployment at bus stops (100 stops)

$60,200

$48,160

$12,040

RTL Compagnon pilot project

$49,590

$39,672

$9,918

IT improvements – Decision-support tools for operations

$35,250

$28,200

$7,050

Technological update of the RTL website

$31,875

$25,500

$6,375

Upgrade of teh RTL control centre camera system and/or access at the Longueuil station

$31,150

$24,920

$6,230

Replacement of a service vehicle – Commissioner

$31,000

$24,800

$6,200

Replacement of two fare collection safes

$25,500

$20,400

$5,100

Client needs assessment using cellular data

$15,350

$12,280

$3,070