Quieter, safer: Montreal calls Mount Royal pilot project a success

The pilot project eliminating through traffic on Mount Royal was a success, Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration claims in a preliminary report.
Eliminating cross-town traffic on Remembrance Rd. and Camillien Houde Way and reducing the speed limit to 40 km/hour reduced the daily number of vehicles from 10,000 to 3,700 and made the roads quieter and safer, according to the report, presented to the city’s executive committee Wednesday morning.
Whereas 600 to 700 traffic ti