Re: [105attendees] YUL ground transportation, with kids

Just landed - FYI: it’s probably because of the hour, but the Uber
estimates are in the order of the 25 minutes for the driver to even arrive.
Also, the first driver cancelled, delaying things further. Make sure you
have a lot of battery left :)

On Fri, Jul 19, 2019 at 23:11 Jonathan Morton <chromatix99@gmail.com> wrote:

> > On 19 Jul, 2019, at 7:37 pm, Sean Leonard <dev+ietf@seantek.com> wrote:
> >
> > Kids 6-11 ride FREE on public transit on weekends through August 27!
> (Kids 5 and under are always free.)
>
> Not immediately obvious from outside Montreal, the $10 ticket required for
> the 747 bus is actually a 24-hour pass to the entire STM system, including
> buses and metro.  So it makes sense to take the 747 into the city, then
> another bus (if necessary) to lessen the walking distance.  The 747's first
> stop out of the airport is at a metro station.
>
> Elsewhere in the system, you can buy single tickets for $3.50 which are
> valid for a shorter time.  Those are adult fares; there is a child/OAP
> discounted fare as well as the the free-children allowance mentioned.
>
> As I'm staying elsewhere than the hotel, I found that the normal city
> buses are not as well set up for heavy luggage as the 747 is.  If you can't
> easily lift a suitcase on top of the wheel-cover luggage racks, you'll need
> to hold onto it by your seat.  But if the 747 gets you close enough to walk
> comfortably, it's a good option by itself.
>
> Small children normally requiring an adapter seat in a car don't need one
> on a bus or metro.  Just have them sit on a parent's lap or, if they're old
> enough to make this awkward, on their own seat.  Intercity buses usually
> have seatbelts; the city and airport buses do not.
>
> I have absolutely zero experience with Uber…
>
>  - Jonathan Morton
>
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