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Moving toward electrification! STM to test a fully electric standard bus from China

Moving toward electrification! STM to test a fully electric standard bus from China
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As part of a technology assessment project carried out with the Société de transport de l’Outaouais (STO), today, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) will begin testing a fully electric bus on loan from Chinese firm BYD (Build Your Dreams). The standard-size vehicle features distinctive outside markings highlighting the "green" benefits of its technology. Road testing on the streets of Montréal is expected to last until April 2014.

STM opens reserved lane for buses and taxis on boulevard Côte-Vertu

STM opens reserved lane for buses and taxis on boulevard Côte-Vertu
Communiqué

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) has opened a new reserved lane on boulevard Côte-Vertu, used by bus lines 121, 174, 177, 196, 213, 216, 225, 470 and 475, which handle nearly 30,000 passenger rides per average weekday. The lane is reserved for buses and taxis, Monday to Friday, from 6:30 to 9 a.m. and from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. in both directions.

Work on the métro’s Yellow line: shutdowns planned for 25 weekends in 2014

Work on the métro’s Yellow line: shutdowns planned for 25 weekends in 2014

Communiqué

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) will undertake work in 2014 to repair the concrete on the vaulted ceiling of the Yellow line tunnel, requiring a full service shutdown over 25 weekends in spring and fall. Mitigating measures are being planned to make transportation as easy as possible for customers.

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Bombardier, Alstom and STM unveil Montreal's AZUR metro cars

Bombardier, Alstom and STM unveil Montreal's AZUR metro cars

Montreal, November 25, 2013 - The consortium composed of Bombardier Transportation and Alstom Transport, together with the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), today unveiled Montreal's new metro cars. The first nine-car train was presented to the Government of Quebec, the City of Montreal and other high-profile guests at a celebration of this important moment at Bombardier's La Pocatière plant.

Volvo Group and Société de transport de Montréal in strategic partnership: Montréal to become city of Electro Mobility

Volvo Group and Société de transport de Montréal in strategic partnership: Montréal to become city of Electro Mobility

Volvo Group’s North American division, Nova Bus, and the Société de transport de Montréal have entered into an agreement on an electrification project for the public transit system of Montréal, Canada. Nova Bus and STM signed a Memorandum of Understanding today in the presence of Québec Premier Pauline Marois, Olof Persson, CEO and President of Volvo Group and Michel Labrecque, Chairman of the STM board of directors.

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In Montreal, Volvo drives for the future

In the Quebec government’s push to become an electric transportation hub, Volvo Group affiliate Nova Bus Corp. is starting small, but has big...

—  The Globe and Mail
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STM projects win Boomerang awards

STM projects win Boomerang awards

The STM’s revamped website stm.info and the « Unlock your City » interactive treasure hunts were part of the honour roll at the Prix Boomerang awards gala held by Infopresse. For the past 19 years, Boomerang has been the award of reference in terms of interactive communications in Québec.

Composition of the STM Board of Directors

On Thursday evening, Montréal’s agglomeration council confirmed all nominations to the STM Board of Directors, and the board’s membership is now known.

Montréal métro honoured by Ordre des urbanistes du Québec

Montréal métro honoured by Ordre des urbanistes du Québec

On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, the Ordre des urbanistes du Québec asked its members to name fifty projects that marked the development of urban planning in Quebec. At the organization’s 50th anniversary Gala, held on October 23, the Montréal métro was named one of the top fifty urban planning projects in Quebec over the past fifty years.

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