(Admit it, you missed this during the holidays)
Here’s another one of those what-do-these-names-have-in-common lists. Except this time, you can’t find the answer on Google Maps.
These names (in alphabetical order) meet a threshold of having at least three of something in Montreal. What is it?
- Côte des Neiges
- Gouin
- Henri Bourassa
- Jean Talon
- Notre Dame
- Parc
- Pierrefonds
- Pie IX
- Saint Denis
- Sainte Anne (de Bellevue)
- Sainte Catherine
- Saint Laurent
- Sherbrooke
UPDATE (9:30pm): After quite a few interesting guesses, the correct answer comes from HCD below. All of these names have at least three STM bus routes named after them:
- Côte-des-Neiges: 165, 369, (535)
- Gouin: 69, (89), (183), 205
- Henri-Bourassa: 41, (159), 171, 215, 380
- Jean-Talon: (92), 93, (141), 372
- Notre-Dame: 22, 189, (195), (410), 362
- Parc: 80, 365, (535)
- Pierrefonds: 68, (268), 382, (470)
- Pie IX: 139, (355), (505)
- Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue/Sainte-Anne: 200, 251, 356
- Sainte-Catherine: 15, 34, 358
- Saint-Denis: (30), 31, 361
- Saint-Laurent: 53, 55, 363
- Sherbrooke: 24, 105, (182), 185, (186), (195)
Numbers in parentheses are for routes where the names form part of the bus route’s name, combined with “Est,” “Ouest,” “Metrobus,” “Express,” “R-Bus,” or the name of a second street.
In some cases, the duplication is due to having overlapping routes at different times (a regular route, a rush-hour reserved-lane route and a night route). Others, like Gouin, Henri-Bourassa and Sherbrooke are just so freakin’ long they have different routes stacked end to end.
Broken Traffic lights? Infractions of Bill 101? Thousands of potholes?
lanes? :P
Streets that pass through at least 3 boroughs.
Having 3 Tim Hortons?
No, no, no, no, no, no.
they all have had their names changed (or attempted to have) three times?
Nope.
Shit, I was thinking it was what Kate said (which, I think is true but not the answer you’re looking for).
OK here’s a couple of hints:
1. Think not about the streets themselves but about the names.
2. Henri-Bourassa, Notre-Dame and Sherbrooke are the standouts in this list, each having 5 or more.
3. There’s a reason I put this one up today. Something happened today that will lead to the answer.
Blackouts?
All of these streets have at least 3 or more bus routes.
That’s it. Congrats.
CRAP! I actually looked at the STM site but thought it wasn’t it. Dang it.