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Visitors ride the Reseau Express Metropolitain (REM) light rail during its inauguration ceremony in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on Friday, July 28, 2023.
Photographer: Andrej Ivanov/Bloomberg
How Montreal Built a Blueprint for Bargain Rapid Transit
At $139 million per mile, the REM is far less costly than similar recent projects. Cities with ballooning transit budgets can learn from its approach.
What’s Driving US Downtown Revivals
Despite hybrid work, major city centers from Nashville to Manhattan are filling up with people again.