Andy Riga

Transportation Reporter, Montreal Gazette

Covers

Toll Hikes And Toll Roads Trains Buses And Automobiles (Sometimes Planes) Transportation Trends Public Transportation Canada Quebec Public Transit Highways Cycling Subway Buses Montreal Transportation Roads

Twitter Feed

4,499
followers
11,010
tweets

Westboro’s plan for squirrels: Deport them to Quebec

ottawacitizen.com — OTTAWA - It started small, but a report to the Citizen's tip line is raising the question: Just how many people in Westboro are driving live squirrels to Quebec, anyway? Daniel Sylvester of Royal Avenue noticed a squirrel in his neighbour's humane trap recently and offered to let the squirrel go.
RT @AndrewASimpson: @andyriga thats a pretty good account for yesterday. Today, the same 5:20 train that stalled yesterday just stalled aga…

Police ease off ticketing cyclists

montrealgazette.com — MONTREAL - In response to complaints that Montreal police have been ticketing cyclists for frivolous highway code infractions as a cash grab, police have agreed to ease off on certain elements of the code. Cyclists complained that in the last weeks they were getting tickets for not having reflectors in their bicycle spokes or riding on the sidewalk when road construction left no other choice.
Saulie Zajdel flashback, 1986. MCM party members fume at newcomers coup. ow.ly/m9MTB #cmmtl
RT @stm_Bleue: Shutdown BLUE line between Snowdon and De Castelnau. Inter. emergency services. Service expected to resume at 1:25 PM. #STM P
RT @stm_Orange: Shutdown ORANGE line between Côte-Vertu and L-Groulx. Inter. emergency services. Service expected to resume at 1:25 PM. #ST
RT @TheCycleBird: @andyriga Don't miss Tunnel Vison- Art Work inspired by MTL's Public Transportion System on June 5th https://t.co/mPfQBr…
Letter: #STM's new Lionel-Groulx bus terminal a waste of money ow.ly/m9nza

Letter: Lionel-Groulx bus terminal a waste of money

montrealgazette.com — I can think of many better ways to spend millions of taxpayer dollars than the Lionel-Groulx "terminal."
Epic fail on the #AMT's 5:20 p.m. Vaudreuil-Hudson train yesterday. A reader relates a long, horrible trip home: ow.ly/m9kCi

Timeline Photos | Facebook

facebook.com — It was an epic fail on the 5:20 p.m. Vaudreuil-Hudson train Monday evening. Coordination and communication remain a key problem at the AMT. Here's a letter a commuter asked me to forward to AMT boss Nicolas Girard.
More Statuses

Have a Story?

Send Pitch

Sign up to discover more journalists who cover Canada, Transportation and more.

Create An Account

Share This Profile