Mayor Tremblay is holding a hard line – for now – against the transit mechanics' union, as their strike enters its second day. Mario Dumont is demanding back-to-work legislation already (shut up, Mario, you've never lived in Montreal* and you won't have to live with the fallout).

People are having the expected difficulties getting around outside the windows of essentiality and even within them. But think of it this way: the union could've struck in February. It's been known to happen.

Here's a bit of positive transit news on another front. Bombardier gets to build the new metro cars and the issue won't be held up in a lengthy legal wrangle with Alstom after all.

*An attentive reader tells me that Dumont did a degree at Concordia so presumably lived in Montreal at some point. But not for long!
posted at 11:19