Opinion: Let's make REM's construction safer for children

The new REM light-rail system is Montreal’s most important public transit undertaking since the city’s métro was built more than a half century ago, with the potential to reduce traffic and emissions. And yet, construction of the REM station at Édouard-Montpetit does not seem to have been planned with the health of the public in mind.
Located in an Outremont neighbourhood, right beside an elementary school and the Université de Montréal, the three-to-four-