Use public transit safely with children

Here are a few tips to ensure your family outings with public transit are safe and pleasant.

By bus

• While waiting for the bus, make sure everyone stands back from the curb.
• Aboard the bus, teach your children to hold on to the support poles.
• Remind your children that they must never put their head or limbs out the bus window.

By métro

• Teach your children to always stand back from the dotted line, solid orange line or yellow tiles marking the platform edge until the métro comes to a full stop.
• Let passengers exit the métro before boarding.
• Ask your kids to board one at a time without pushing or shoving.
• For greater safety, tell your children to hold on to the support poles if no seats are available. Do not let them sit on the floor.
• Tell your children to get ready to exit the métro one station ahead of time.
• Ask your children to stay put until the métro pulls into your station.

Are you taking the bus with a stroller?

To make taking the bus with a stroller easier, please consult Strollers without fuss on the bus!, a practical guide for parents.

Will you be taking the bus or métro with a group of kids ? Then please check out another practical guide designed for adults.