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