据报道，加拿大蒙特利尔交通局拟投入约160亿加币为管辖的公共交通站点在未来十年内提供足够的基础设施建设，其中主要部分在于电梯及扶梯设备的安装和更新。有信源称此举是“1960年代地铁开通以来最大的一项工程”，其中包括在2025年结束前把有电梯的站点从15个增加到41个。为了达到这个目标，目前已经在11个站点开展了电梯的安装工作，这样的效率是前所未有的。与“在飞机满载乘客起飞后才修理飞机”这样的工作相比，加拿大蒙特利尔交通局负责人称加装电梯的同时，还会对部分站点进行大改造，并且除了加装新电梯以外，还计划更新293台自动扶梯。
VT PART OF LARGEST MonTREAL TRANSIT INVESTMENT SINCE 1960s
New vertical-transportation (VT) equipment is a key part of approximately CAD16 billion in infrastructure underway over the next 10 years at stations of the Société de Transport de Montréal (STM) public transport agency in Montreal, Canada, the Montreal Gazette reports. What the source describes as the "largest phase of development since the metro opened in the 1960s" includes bringing the number of elevator-accessible stations from 15 to 41 by 2025. Toward that goal, elevator installation is underway at an unprecedented 11 stations. Comparing the work to "repairing a plane when it's in full flight with passengers onboard," STM CEO Luc Tremblay says adding elevators involves major reconstruction of some stations. In addition to elevators, STM is upgrading or replacing its 293 escalators.
