Ride safely
With more than 400 million trips taken each year, the STM transit system is one of the safest in the world.
Still, incidents that could be avoided occur on a daily basis.
Below is a reminder of the habits you should adopt to limit your risk during your daily commute.
In the métro
- Keep your distances
- Pay attention to your belongings
- Do not hold the doors open after the audible door closure signal sounds.
- Never step down onto the tracks
Around buses
- Keep your distances
- Make eye contact
- Cross the street at the right and at the right time
- Hold on
Around bikes
- Signal your intentions
- Stop at bus stops and stay behind the bus
- Make eye contact
- Pay attention to pedestrians who must cross the bicycle path to catch their bus
- Do not ride your bike in bus loops and terminuses
On an escalator
- Hold the handrail
- Mind the stairs
- Avoid carrying bulky items
- Ask for help with your stroller
- Stand up
- Face the same direction taken by escalator
- Do not run