Brand new buses in Montréal
Posted by Alex on 2 Jun, 2009 in My Stream | 0 comments
It seems a lot of money is being invested in public transport in Montréal at the moment. Not just the roll-out of hundreds of pickup stations for Bixi (the community bike scheme) across the city, but 300 new STM buses as well. I got to try one out tonight when we were catching the 535 at Guy Concordia. There was an STM official who stopped the queue boarding the 535, flagged it on its way, and beckoned up a brand new bus which was approaching behind, which we all boarded. I think we may have been literally the first paying passengers to board, it was completely spotless and everything was shiny and clean. I don’t think I’ve been in any city where they invest as much in public transport – and not only is there a really good network, it runs on time too. I can catch the 51 to Snowdon metro from the end of our road every 6 minutes at peak times, and the timetables are so accurate that I can plan journeys down to the minute even when changing from bus to metro to bus and back again. Enjoying the public transport lifestyle very much, and it seems to be helping me lose weight as well.
