STM - Society in motion
Enjoying a family outing, discovering new things and having a good time is even more pleasant when you leave the car at home. On weekends and holidays, take the bus or the métro!
It’s now been two years since the STM began offering very attractive family fares through its Family Outings program. This program is designed to promote the family’s place within public transit and to provide an opportunity for parents and their children to enjoy a rewarding outing!
With Family Outings, up to five children under the age of 12 can travel for free on weekends and holidays when accompanied by an adult presenting a valid* STM transit fare.
On top of that, savings are available on various excursions. Program partners are offering exclusive discounts on their activities to families who have used public transit. To find out more and download coupons: http://www.stm.info/English/info/a-famille-3.htm
* Certain conditions apply.
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It changes form to respond to clients’ needs, it is adaptable to various spaces to provide more comfort and security, it is “size adjustable” based on ridership…the 21st century bus shelter is made to measure for you.
Favouring the use of recycled materials, the new bus shelter “family” consists of three prototypes: standard, universal and standard with extension. The concept was developed by the Leblanc + Turcotte + Spooner design consortium, winner of the bus shelter design competition led by the office of Design Montréal (Ville de Montréal). It allows for the production of basic models with the capacity to link together several units to create variable-size configurations that can accommodate a larger number of users. The sun will also do its part, as a solar energy system is planned to provide lighting for shelters in locations that cannot be connected to the power grid. It’s an innovation that reinforces Montréal’s status as a UNESCO City of Design due to the talent of local designers.
The Société is also taking this opportunity to test a “totem pole” featuring more modern signage that reflects its new visual identity. This totem pole is located near the new bus shelter at the corner of René-Lévesque and Jeanne-Mance and will eventually replace the bus stop pole.
Check them out and tell us what you think: your comments 
Technical specifications for the bus shelter prototypes: click here
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Michel Labrecque, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the STM
We’ve just unveiled a prototype of the new bus shelter that you’re going to be seeing across the island of Montréal. I’m inside it, in front of Complexe Guy Favreau, because it’s windy and cold, and that’s what a bus shelter is for. There will be 400 of them manufactured and installed over the next three years: 2011, 2012 and 2013.
The design was developed by the winning team in a competition launched by the mayor. It’s a design that offers universal accessibility, easy replacement of the glass, a place to sit, lighting, solar panels and easy maintenance. You’ll see a totem pole alongside the bus shelter. We call it a totem pole, but it’s actually a pole on which signs for the bus routes will be placed. All this has been undertaken to encourage you to take public transit, to be part of a society in motion. It’s a visual image that reflects Montréal’s status as a UNESCO City of Design.
So, we’d like your comments because we need comments from our clients, our employees and our bus drivers; now, we’re waiting for comments from you.
Did you know? Universal accessibility applies to everyone, from those with functional limitations to those travelling with children in strollers, etc.
Its purpose? Making the use of the STM métro network, buses, infrastructure and services the same for everyone, at the same time and in the same way.
In concrete terms, the STM provides facilitating measures such as elevators, low floors and hinged ramps on the buses, seats reserved for pregnant women, people with reduced mobility or senior citizens, warning strips along the métro platforms for those with visual limitations…
Determined to improve its service offer, the STM is working in collaboration with community organizations representing all those with functional limitations. Moreover, it is ensuring that the idea of universal accessibility is integrated into all its projects, while respecting its available resources.
To find out more
- Accessibilité web
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- Office des personnes handicapées du Québec
- KÉROUL
- Regroupement des usagers du transport adapté et accessible de Montréal
- Table de concertation des aînés de l’Île de Montréal
- Universal accessibility corporate policy
- Ministère des transports du Québec
Marie Turcotte: Paratransit users’ representative, STM Board of Directors
Universal accessibility means improvements designed for everyone, for all citizens, including those with functional limitations.
It’s as much the entire clientele, pregnant women, the man who arrives with a heavy suitcase, parents with a child in a stroller, senior citizens. In fact, it’s for everyone. It’s added value for the entire clientele.
Mathilde LeBouëdec: Corporate Adviser, Accessibility and Diversity, STM
The STM has worked hard to improve accessibility to the network for people with visual limitations, in particular through improved lighting in the stations and by installing yellow strips on the stairs and the escalators.
Certain measures have also been implemented for those with intellectual or motor disabilities...of course, more and more elevators.
Yvon Provencher: Intervenor with a visual disability
What changed my life was the announcing of the métro stations. I no longer have to wonder where I am when I travel in the métro, because I know what station I’m arriving at. That’s really extraordinary. It was really great when that happened.
The key objective is to integrate the idea of universal accessibility from the start of a project, at the planning stage of the project.
There are now warning tiles along the edge of the platforms in the métro stations. This is important because there is always the possibility that a person who cannot see could become disoriented on the platform. If, for one reason or another, I become disoriented, and if I have a cane, my cane detects the tiles, which means that I don’t have any business being there, I’m too close to the tracks, and I should go back towards the wall. This could prevent rather serious injuries.
The STM and the community are talking. This enables the STM, on one hand, to better understand the needs in relation to accessibility to the regular network, and also permits a better understanding of the STM as a transporter.
It’s a team effort. I may have an idea, but I’m the only one to believe in it. Other people must believe in it as well. As I said earlier, one goes faster alone, but, together we go farther.
