The OPCM Unveils Its New Report on the PUM 2050

February 22, 2025

Transition en commun welcomes the release ofa new, extremely comprehensive report from the Montreal Public Consultation Office (OCPM), which reveals that the citizens and organizations consulted largely support the vision of the 2050 Urban Planning and Mobility Plan. The PUM 2050 proposes an ambitious development vision for the City of Montreal in response to the metropolis’s social and ecological challenges, and is structured around several pillars of the socio-ecological transition, such as housing, mobility, equity, culture, living environments, and homelessness.

In addition to expressing a desire to improve several of the Plan’s initiatives—particularly in the areas of culture and mobility—consultation participants placed strong emphasis on the need to ensure the success of the Plan itself, and we are pleased to learn that the commission believes that “the public and civil society must be full partners in the implementation of the PUM.” (p. 189)

The report also reveals many similarities between its recommendations and the observations made by TEC members during the PUM Collective Day on September 4, when they expressed their desire to:
– to ensure that neighborhoods are valued for their unique characteristics and receive appropriate support in the local implementation of the Plan
– to confidently assert the city’s unique cultural character
– to fully recognize the significant challenge of changing mobility behaviors and reducing the number of cars in Montreal
– and, above all, to ensure support for the efforts being made by a large number of organizations so that citizens can truly take ownership of the PUM in a sustainable way

We also commend the scope of the consultation conducted by the Office, as well as its explicit effort to listen to and highlight the perspectives of groups facing greater inequality and those with special needs through the publication of the supplementary report “Toward an Inclusive City”.

Supplement to the Report

To see the reactions of some of our members:
🔗 CRE-Montréal
🔗 Culture MTL
🔗 Pascal Priori from Solon and member of the Demotorization Working Group

We would like to acknowledge the contributions of several alliance members who submitted briefs and whose recommendations greatly influenced the OCPM report: Montreal Coalition of Neighborhood Tables, Mobilisation 6600 Parc Nature MHM, Vivre en Ville, Les Amis de la montagne, Culture Montréal, ACHAT, Coalition Climat Montréal, Montreal Food System Council, Center for Urban Ecology, Solon, Montreal Regional Environment Council, ACEF du Nord, Mothers on the Front Lines, Villeray in Transition, Montreal-Nord Borough, HocheLab, Montreal Climate Partnership, GRAME, Conseil des Montréalaises, and many others.