 TOD against the sustainable city? Using public transit to perpetuate dispersed suburbanism in the Greater Montreal Area 
This article critiques the transit-oriented development (TOD) strategy of the Greater Montreal Area in light of the guidelines of this concept. It draws on thematic analyses of planning documents, public interventions of mayors and planners of the area and interviews with 26 of them. It shows that suburban mayors have tailored this strategy aimed at implementing the sustainable city in order to perpetuate dispersed suburbanism and expand the tax base of their municipalities. It reveals the pitfalls of the “share of dreams” and the “sirens song” of Greater Montreal’s appropriation of TOD.