MONTREAL, July 23, 2025/ CNW/ – BIXI is happy to reveal the arrival of its bike-sharing service in Saint-Lambert, marking a waited for extension in the advancement of public transit and active movement on the island’s South Coast. This follows the current waves of network growth in Longueuil and the inauguration of Sainte-Julie in 2024.
3 brand-new stations have actually been opened, using an overall of 30 bikes, half of which are electrically helped. Saint-Lambert locals can benefit this brand-new mode of active transport at the following stations:
- Gordon Park (Desaulniers/ Victoria)
- Simard/ Riverside
- Champlain College ( Riverside/ Étienne-Trudeau)
* in service beginning in September
This implementation was enabled thanks to the financial backing of the Quebec federal government, which granted a $ 120,000 aid as part of its Active and Shared Urban Transport (TAPU) program.
The Mayor of Saint-Lambert, Pascale Mongrain, revealed her pleasure at the intro of BIXI bike-sharing stations in her town’s area: “This addition to our metropolitan facilities remains in line with our desire to add to our cumulative efforts towards sustainable advancement and the decrease of greenhouse gas emissions. I’m persuaded that our fellow Saint-Lambert locals, who are educated and knowledgeable about today’s ecological obstacles, will be happy to embrace bike-sharing for their everyday commutes or household getaways. The city is devoted to promoting its usage, both for its health advantages and out of uniformity with future generations, who will acquire the effects of our present options.”
Christian Vermette, General Supervisor of BIXI Montréal, includes, “Following our arrival in Sainte-Julie in 2015 and our significant growth in the Longueuil location, we are happy to invite Saint-Lambert to the higher BIXI network. Thanks to a single application, combined rates and subscriptions without any zone limitations, users can move easily throughout an ever-expanding interconnected network.”
Today, users can find stations, lease a bike and prepare their journeys through the BIXI mobile app or bixi.com.
A broadening network, quickly all over throughout Québec
The year 2025 marks a definitive juncture for BIXI with the combination of 4 brand-new towns into its network, consisting of Saint-Lambert, which finishes this series of openings. The southern ring of the island of Montreal now boasts 63 stations, dispersed throughout Longueuil, Boucherville, Sainte-Julie and Saint-Lambert With this growth, the BIXI bike-sharing service now serves 13 cities throughout Quebec, thanks to a fleet of 12,600 bikes at almost 1,000 stations.
About BIXI
BIXI Montréal is a non-profit company accountable for handling bikesharing services in Montréal, Westmount, Mount-Royal, Montréal-Est, Longueuil, Laval, Boucherville, Terrebonne, Sainte-Julie, Sherbrooke and, quickly, Saint-Eustache, Deux-Montagnes and Saint-Lambert By 2025, the BIXI network will consist of 12,600 bikes, consisting of 3,200 electrical bikes, at 1,080 stations in 13 cities. Montreal has the biggest fleet of electrical bikes in Canada, and among the biggest in The United States And Canada
SOURCE BIXI Montréal