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Are Montreal commuters ready for an “honour system” while boarding city buses?

A new three-month pilot project on the 121 Sauvé/ Côte-Vertu bus line will allow passengers to board the bus by all doors, the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) announced Friday.

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Customers with unlimited passes (monthly, weekly, fourth months subscription) will board through the rear doors of the buses on an honour system.

Customers using other fares that need to be validated will continue to proceed through the front door.

STM security inspectors will be “visibly present for the duration of the pilot project to help customers along and oversee the smooth flow of passengers.”

The pilot project begins Monday, March 21, and runs till to June 19, 2016.

The STM said the initiative is “consistent with the STM’s focus on improving the transit experience for customers, in its ongoing efforts to persuade people to use public transit more than ever.”

The 121 bus is the network’s busiest line with 34,106 trips per average weekday.

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