In 2021, Transport La Matanie made 28,000 journeys. Vanessa Caron, Director of Territorial Development and Head of Transportation at the MRC from La Matanie, expects to record almost 50,000 trips in 2022.

So 2022 promises to be a record year.

Not unrelated to the fact that we started a pilot project this year, that we added a new bus to our fleet, and probably also to the rise in fuel costs and other inflationary factorsShe explains.

” There was a significant increase in travel, all customer groups together. »

growth in young people

Summer use of public transport by young people under 17 reflects this year’s data.

Last summer, more than 200 young people took advantage of the free summer holidays granted to them, generating 3,300 trips between the end of June and the end of August, particularly for their leisure activities and for their student work, says Vanessa Caron. .

It has truly become a flagship public transport promotion. This makes it possible to be known all year round. We have a good summer record, but we also have a year-round return because young people continue to take it for their extracurricular activities.

” It creates good habits for using public transport in a rural area. »

Other projects are also on the table MRCincluding the development of a digital application.

There will be a lot of new things. We would like to be one MRC Pilot for this type of technological project for MRC rural like ourshopes Vanessa Caron.