As reported by General Motors of Canada
MONTREAL, Québec—Transport Minister Sam Hamad, Minister of Finance and Member for Laval-des-Rapides Alain Paquet, Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt, Société de transport de Laval (STL) President Jean-Jacques Beldié, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) Joël Gauthier, as well as the Manager of Customer Care and After-Sales for the Eastern Region at GM Canada, Frédéric Racine, got together to launch a new take on carpooling, offering carpoolers the opportunity to use electric cars to get to AMT park-and-ride parking lots at Cartier and Montmorency metro stations as well as at the Ste. Dorothee train station. The project is called CLIC.
Having initiated this pilot project, the Société de Transport de Laval will handle the recruitment of carpoolers. Starting this fall, some carpoolers will get to travel from home to a park-and-ride parking lot using Chevrolet Volt electric cars, and will have a reserved parking space. In total, ten groups of four users will be created and directed to the parking lots as follows: seven electric cars to the Montmorency terminal, two to the Cartier terminal and one to the Ste. Dorothee train station. Consequently, this will allow travel done entirely via electricity, first with the Volt electric car and then by metro or the Deux-Montagnes train.
“Today, we are achieving a new step in implementing the Electric Vehicles 2011–2020 Action Plan. For a future worthy of our commitment to sustainable development, all of Quebec is invited to rise to the challenge of sustainable mobility and to innovate. Thanks to this initiative, public transit is about to become more eco-friendly than ever,” stated Transport Minister Sam Hamad.
“Innovation and sustainable economic development blend together in this new electric carpooling formula. The leadership and willingness of our government and its partners are translating into concrete actions to improve the daily lives of our fellow citizens. These conditions are present in Laval, where we are proud to be launching this promising initiative,” said National Assembly member Alain Paquet.
“On June 14, the City of Laval made its Sustainable Mobility Plan public. No fewer than 21 measures are proposed in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by Laval residents’ mode of transportation by 50% by the year 2031. This pilot project is one of the first measures of the Sustainable Mobility Plan to be implemented. It is a concrete gesture allowing Laval residents to travel in clean, more eco-friendly cars,” said Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt.
The groups of carpoolers included in this pilot project will be made up of people living in the same neighbourhood who travel at the same time from their homes to one of the three park-and-ride parking lots selected. Groups will consist of one designated driver, one substitute driver and two carpooling passengers. Each group will have a reserved parking space and will significantly reduce its fuel consumption.
“CLIC will be a new way to look at public transit. This new twist on carpooling—with an electric car and a reserved parking space at a park-and-ride lot—adds a new dimension to the diversity and quality of services offered by transit organizations such as the STL and AMT,” added STL President Jean-Jacques Beldié.
“This new modal eco-sharing concept will allow for a completely electrical propulsion type. Modal eco-sharing therefore integrates both transferring from an individual mode of transportation—i.e. driving alone—to a collective mode through carpooling, and from a polluting mode of transportation such as a car that uses fuel to a more eco-friendly option: the electric car. CLIC, then, is a pilot project aiming to implement a multi-modal, sustainable and integrated mode of transportation linked to ecologically friendly practices,” mentioned President and Chief Executive Officer Joël Gauthier.
“The CLIC project opens new doors to using the electric car. Hydro-Quebec is proud to offer CLIC users a clean and renewable source of energy,” said Chantal Guimont, Director, Energy Systems for Electric Vehicles at Hydro-Quebec. We will be keeping an eye on this promising collective electric transit initiative with great interest.”
"In order to encourage people to support the use of electric cars and allow them to experience the car of the future, Chevrolet Volts will be provided to participants in the pilot project. The world's only electric vehicle with extended range, the Chevrolet Volt is recharged using a domestic 120 V plug. In addition, 240-V charging stations will be installed at the three AMT park-and-ride parking lots used for the pilot project to facilitate charging,” adds Frédéric Racine, Manager of Customer Care and After-Sales for the Eastern Region at GM Canada.
For more information, visit the STL website at www.stl.laval.qc.ca.
MONTREAL, Québec—Transport Minister Sam Hamad, Minister of Finance and Member for Laval-des-Rapides Alain Paquet, Laval Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt, Société de transport de Laval (STL) President Jean-Jacques Beldié, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Agence métropolitaine de transport (AMT) Joël Gauthier, as well as the Manager of Customer Care and After-Sales for the Eastern Region at GM Canada, Frédéric Racine, got together to launch a new take on carpooling, offering carpoolers the opportunity to use electric cars to get to AMT park-and-ride parking lots at Cartier and Montmorency metro stations as well as at the Ste. Dorothee train station. The project is called CLIC.
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2012 Chevrolet Volt (Photo: General Motors) |
Having initiated this pilot project, the Société de Transport de Laval will handle the recruitment of carpoolers. Starting this fall, some carpoolers will get to travel from home to a park-and-ride parking lot using Chevrolet Volt electric cars, and will have a reserved parking space. In total, ten groups of four users will be created and directed to the parking lots as follows: seven electric cars to the Montmorency terminal, two to the Cartier terminal and one to the Ste. Dorothee train station. Consequently, this will allow travel done entirely via electricity, first with the Volt electric car and then by metro or the Deux-Montagnes train.
“Today, we are achieving a new step in implementing the Electric Vehicles 2011–2020 Action Plan. For a future worthy of our commitment to sustainable development, all of Quebec is invited to rise to the challenge of sustainable mobility and to innovate. Thanks to this initiative, public transit is about to become more eco-friendly than ever,” stated Transport Minister Sam Hamad.
“Innovation and sustainable economic development blend together in this new electric carpooling formula. The leadership and willingness of our government and its partners are translating into concrete actions to improve the daily lives of our fellow citizens. These conditions are present in Laval, where we are proud to be launching this promising initiative,” said National Assembly member Alain Paquet.
“On June 14, the City of Laval made its Sustainable Mobility Plan public. No fewer than 21 measures are proposed in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions caused by Laval residents’ mode of transportation by 50% by the year 2031. This pilot project is one of the first measures of the Sustainable Mobility Plan to be implemented. It is a concrete gesture allowing Laval residents to travel in clean, more eco-friendly cars,” said Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt.
The groups of carpoolers included in this pilot project will be made up of people living in the same neighbourhood who travel at the same time from their homes to one of the three park-and-ride parking lots selected. Groups will consist of one designated driver, one substitute driver and two carpooling passengers. Each group will have a reserved parking space and will significantly reduce its fuel consumption.
“CLIC will be a new way to look at public transit. This new twist on carpooling—with an electric car and a reserved parking space at a park-and-ride lot—adds a new dimension to the diversity and quality of services offered by transit organizations such as the STL and AMT,” added STL President Jean-Jacques Beldié.
“This new modal eco-sharing concept will allow for a completely electrical propulsion type. Modal eco-sharing therefore integrates both transferring from an individual mode of transportation—i.e. driving alone—to a collective mode through carpooling, and from a polluting mode of transportation such as a car that uses fuel to a more eco-friendly option: the electric car. CLIC, then, is a pilot project aiming to implement a multi-modal, sustainable and integrated mode of transportation linked to ecologically friendly practices,” mentioned President and Chief Executive Officer Joël Gauthier.
“The CLIC project opens new doors to using the electric car. Hydro-Quebec is proud to offer CLIC users a clean and renewable source of energy,” said Chantal Guimont, Director, Energy Systems for Electric Vehicles at Hydro-Quebec. We will be keeping an eye on this promising collective electric transit initiative with great interest.”
"In order to encourage people to support the use of electric cars and allow them to experience the car of the future, Chevrolet Volts will be provided to participants in the pilot project. The world's only electric vehicle with extended range, the Chevrolet Volt is recharged using a domestic 120 V plug. In addition, 240-V charging stations will be installed at the three AMT park-and-ride parking lots used for the pilot project to facilitate charging,” adds Frédéric Racine, Manager of Customer Care and After-Sales for the Eastern Region at GM Canada.
For more information, visit the STL website at www.stl.laval.qc.ca.