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	Vélib bicycle sharing program — Paris, France Vélib is a bike sharing program in Paris with an initial fleet of 10,600 bikes distributed among 1,500 “stations”. It was launched in the summer of 2007, installed and paid for by an outdoor advertising company in exchange for the use of billboards around the city. Vélib was the idea of Mayor Bertrand Delanoë — a long time advocate of reducing in-city car traffic. Users can buy a one-day card for 1 euro, a weekly card for 5 euro or an annual subscription to the service for 29 euros. The program has been successful, with 13,000 annual subscriptions sold before the program had begun. Transit users can also use their fare cards to rent bicycles. Download pdf reader here

National Transit Strategy

In June 2007, the federal Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities announced the development of a National Transit Strategy, as a framework to capture objectives and priorities for public transit funding across the country. Metrolinx supports this effort to bring together the three levels of government to strategically develop transit projects. Letter to Minister of Transport.

As part of this process, Metrolinx will develop a framework for collaboration with Canada’s other regional transportation authorities – Montreal’s Agence Metropolitain des Transports (AMT) and Vancouver’s TransLink – to identify and promote shared interests. Representing the three largest urban regions in the country, the geographic mandate areas of AMT, TransLink and the Metrolinx account for more than two-thirds of total transit ridership across Canada.

Metrolinx will also consult and work collaboratively with other key transit stakeholders, including the Canadian Urban Transit Association (CUTA) and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).

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