{"id":513,"date":"2008-01-22T23:59:45","date_gmt":"2008-01-23T04:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=513"},"modified":"2008-01-23T00:41:44","modified_gmt":"2008-01-23T05:41:44","slug":"soap-opera-stm-heres-the-latest-scoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/01\/22\/soap-opera-stm-heres-the-latest-scoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Opera STM: here’s the latest scoop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Things are a-happenin’ at the STM, Montreal’s most dramatic transit agency. Here’s a round-up of stories from the past few days. <\/p>\n

You are being watched<\/b>: Yesterday, the federal government dished out $6.5 million<\/a> to transit agencies in Quebec, more than half of which will go to the STM. This money will be used to install 500 more security cameras<\/a> in the metro system. The transit agency assures us that, for the most part, the cameras are not used to spy on transit users but to reconstruct events after they have already occurred. <\/p>\n

Drive for public transit<\/b>: In a surprisingly smart move, the STM has teamed up with Communauto<\/a> to offer transit users a discount on the popular car sharing service<\/a>, the largest in North America. By signing a contract agreeing to purchase a year’s worth of metro passes—which would be mailed directly to your home, after their cost has been debited from your bank account—you would be eligible to sign up for Communauto without shelling out for the normal $500 deposit. Find out more at Communauto’s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There’s a storm ahead<\/b>: It’s been more than a year since their contract expired and bus drivers are getting angsty<\/a>. Negotations between the drivers’ union and the STM are still stalled; yesterday, drivers occupied the Saint Denis bus garage in protest. It seems likely that we’re heading towards yet another transit strike<\/a> just one year after the last one<\/a> (which latest, admittedly, just two days), and you can already hear the grumbling. In last Friday’s La Presse, though, Nathalie Couillard makes the case against declaring public transit an essential service<\/a>, which would prevent STM workers from striking.<\/p>\n

What will happen next? Will management and the bus drivers make up? Will transit users fall for Communauto? Will the new security cameras spot something naughty? Find out soon on Soap Opera STM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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