STM Reiterates why Public Transit is a Sustainable Choice

The Société de transport de Montréal (STM) bus and métro network provides over 1.3 million passenger rides each day. With a métro powered by hydroelectricity and buses running on biodiesel, the STM makes it possible for hundreds of thousands of customers to be on the move efficiently and be green about it. And so on Earth Day, the STM wants to thank transit users for helping Montréal breathe easier.

When the company claims that taking the bus and métro is an environmentally responsible choice, it does so knowing that sustainability concerns are central to its decisions and that its employees are committed to the issue, mirrored through hundreds of actions, big and small. Sustainability magazine Corporate Knights recently ranked the STM third most responsible mid-size corporation in Canada. Furthermore, the STM’s sustainable development processes were also rewarded in 2014 with a Gold Level Distinction in the prestigious ‘Sustainability Commitment’ recognition program by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA).