Montreal's STM unveils innovative design for underground bus garage

Will be the first multi-level bus garage in Canada and the first underground bus garage in North America.

BYD to deliver first electric buses to Montreal and Longueuil, Canada

Order puts Société de transport de Montréal and the Réseau de transport de Longueuil ahead of new carbon pollution regulations.

UITP Summit Unveils Differing Transport Narratives, Approach to Challenges

While the U.S. narrative included innovation and disruptive change in transport, the prominence and status of the public transport operator was clearly so much weaker in terms of dominating urban thinking.

UITP Summit offers glimpse at the future of mobility

The theme of the biennial Global Public Transport Summit was “Lead the TRANSITion” and served to highlight the need for public transport to take the lead faced with the numerous changes and challenges

What's New in Electric Buses?

METRO spoke to several suppliers in the industry to find out what’s new with the electric vehicles they currently have on the market, their thoughts on the future of electric buses and more.

Alstom inaugurates new Canadian manufacturing plant

Built to serve Alstom’s needs in the context of an approximate $1.1 billion contract between the Bombardier-Alstom consortium and the Société de transport de Montréal to supply the agency with 468 new metro cars, the plant will assemble more than 900 bogies.

Bombardier: Facing sustainable mobility worldwide

President/COO Andre Navarri pointed to many regions around the globe where there were examples of initiatives to rebalance urban transport systems toward sustainable models, with some of the leaders — the Agence metropolitaine de transport (AMT), the Societe de transport de Montreal (STM) and VIA Rail located in Montreal.

Montreal signs $118M Nova Bus order

During the next three years, Nova Bus will deliver a total of 214 buses during 2009, 427 buses in 2010 and 317 buses in 2011 to STM.