Bike to work at Bombardier in St-Laurent? (transferring to, neighbourhoods)

[qwertiman]

Anyone on here do this or know someone who does? My desired commute is from southeast island (Outremont, Westmount, arount Moint Royal) to Bombardier on Blvd Marcel Laurin. Seems like you have to somehow get through highways 40/15 and then over/under some rails. Is this even feasible?

I don't know where I'm going to live, actually. So an alternative question is, where is a good area for families (French schools ok) that has a reasonable bike commute to Bombardier on Marcel Laurin?

Also, anyone take the metro there? How long does it take from downtown plus walk from station?

thanks

[jambo101]

Originally Posted by qwertiman

Anyone on here do this or know someone who does? My desired commute is from southeast island (Outremont, Westmount, arount Moint Royal) to Bombardier on Blvd Marcel Laurin. Seems like you have to somehow get through highways 40/15 and then over/under some rails. Is this even feasible?

I don't know where I'm going to live, actually. So an alternative question is, where is a good area for families (French schools ok) that has a reasonable bike commute to Bombardier on Marcel Laurin?

Also, anyone take the metro there? How long does it take from downtown plus walk from station?

thanks

Nearest metro station is Cote Vertu,transferring to a bus that takes you to within a 10 minute walk to the Bombardier area,it would be a good 45 minute walk from that station and add 20 minutes for the metro ride from downtown. closest walkable but more expensive option would be to live close to the Cote Vertu Shopping mall.
The plant is really in the east end of an airport thats totally surrounded by industrial park.

Biking there from St Laurent maybe possible but dangerous as there are no bike paths and i have no idea how you would cross highway 40 (Trans Canada Highway)
Looking at this map and following Cote Vertu blvd residential areas start east of Cavendish blvd
http://maps.google.ca/maps?saddr=Rue...p=1&sz=16&z=14

[Nick99]

Adding to jambo's advice, the 64 bus just outside the Cote-Vertu metro, north exit, goes along Grenet, with a stop at Poirier literally 2 minutes walking to Bombardier.

As far as biking from the areas you're talking, the best place to cross the 40 as far as I know, is taking Lucerne from Jean-Talon (in the TMR borough), which goes under the highway and becomes Ste-Croix near du Collège metro, one stop from Cote-Vertu. Mostly residential neighbourhoods, take Ste-Croix to Poirier, then take a left to Bombardier.