Active means of transportation
Of course, the STM wants to expand public transit, but it also believes it must do more and encourage the use of active means of transportation. Indeed, this approach could lead a higher percentage of motorists to leaving their car behind on occasion. “Making modes of transportation more easily accessible, as they are already an alternative to exclusive, single-occupant car use, and ensuring that active means of transportation become the obvious choice: these are the goals that the STM has set for itself, by becoming partners with groups like Vélo Québec that promote other ways of getting around,“ declared the Chairman of the STM Board of Directors, Michel Labrecque, also an ardent supporter of the transportation cocktail concept.

“The concept of the transportation cocktail is based on meshing and merging interests between large public transit organizations (métro, bus, commuter trains, railways, etc.) and private or personal means of transportation, such as bicycles, taxis, car rentals, car-sharing cooperatives and car-pools,“ indicated Mr. Labrecque.

Bicycles + métro + bus
In the wake of this partnership and as a means of reaching its goals, the STM will be on hand where activities are held under the Vélo + Métro + Bus big top. For the occasion, it will provide visitors with a small taste of the various transit fares being offered, giving them the chance to win single transit fares, as well as weekly, monthly and annual subscriptions.