Projet Montréal makes electoral promise to increase car sharing

The goal of the plan is to reduce the total number of vehicles on Montreal’s roads and, the party said, its plans will increase the number of users of car-sharing services in districts such as Lachine, Lasalle and Nuns Island.

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Projet Montréal’s incumbent mayor and leader, Valerie Plante, pledged Saturday to make car-sharing services in the city more affordable, accessible and simple for riders.

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“Thanks to concrete financial incentives, Projet Montréal wants to promote the deployment of self-service vehicles in all districts of Montreal, targeting an increase in the number of vehicles in Montreal by 50 percent over the next four years,” the party of Plante declared in a statement issued on Saturday, with less than a month to go before the municipal elections.

As part of the plan, Projet Montréal says it will reduce the cost of shared vehicle parking permits from $ 300 to $ 1 for electric vehicles, from $ 835 to $ 225 for hybrid vehicles and from $ 835 to $ 600 for gasoline vehicles. .

The goal of the plan is to reduce the total number of vehicles on Montreal’s roads and, the party said, its plans will increase the number of users of car-sharing services in districts such as Lachine, Lasalle and Nuns Island.

The party also says that, if re-elected, it will launch a campaign to increase the number of parking spaces dedicated to shared vehicles at workplaces and in municipal parking lots.