Bixi bikes in Montreal

Montrealers are so lucky, we have a  service available to us three seasons of the year, from April to November, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

What is a bixi service? A bixi service is a bicycle sharing service that allows a member (or a casual user) to pick up a bike at any bixi dock station and return it to any other dock station. There are 461 docking station which will park 5120 bikes around the city. Members are encouraged to use the bikes for less than 45 minutes at a time (non members less than 30 minutes), after this allotted time users are charged an additional fee per minute until the bike is returned. To circumvent this time restriction, many users dock their bikes bore the time is over and pick up another one, this way the bikes are in constant circulation.

To see where people can just pick up a bixi bike, users can visit  bixi homepage or download an app for their smartphones. Casual users can pay as little as $7 for 24 hours or $15 for 72 hours. Members can pay $82.50 for a whole year.

 

Saint Laurent Street Sale

Part of the experience of visiting Montreal are its streets sales.

There are many streets sales through the year and in different parts of the city. Right now, from June 13 to June 16, on Saint Laurent Street, from Sherbrooke to Mont Royal there are hundreds of people snooping for deals or just to spend some time as being part of the crowd.