Montreal bicycle rental company sets new records during public transit strike

Jun 18, 2025 | 8:23 AM

MONTREAL — Montreal’s main bicycle rental company says it smashed past its all-time record during the recent public transit strike.

BIXI Montreal says its bicycles made more than 80,000 trips a day during seven of the nine strike days, including more than 98,500 on June 11.

The strike by 2,400 transit maintenance workers reduced bus and metro service between June 9 and June 17, with full service on the weekend.

BIXI spokesman Pierre-Luc Marier says the company’s bicycles made about 10,000 trips per hour during rush hour on the busiest days, with about three bicycles rented each second.