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By Robert Frank<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The Canadian Urban Transit Association<\/a> (CUTA) has singled out Pierre Giard for recognition. <\/p>\n

During a ceremony in Quebec City, the former director general of the Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transports de Laval<\/i> received the W.G Ross award for lifetime achievement. <\/p>\n

According to CUTA president and chief executive officer Michael W. Roschlau, Giard earned the admiration of his peers for: <\/p>\n

\u2022 Implementation of a Service Quality Guarantee
\u2022 Quality Challenge
\u2022 Major service expansion
\u2022 Introducing night service
\u2022 Innovative fare policy to encourage ridership
\u2022 Introducing real-time customer information
\u2022 Restructuring the service after the metro was extended to Laval
\u2022 Mobility partnerships with car-sharing and cycling options
\u2022 Developing a mobility plan
\u2022 Conducting a cable car feasibility study<\/p>\n

\n\u2022 Ordering the city’s first electric bus prototypes <\/p>\n
\n
\u201cThese are major accomplishments over a career as general manager at Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de transports de Laval,<\/i> and some of the outcomes can be summarized by an improvement in the on-time performance of the STL system from 83 percent in 1998 to 92 percent in 2011,\u201d commended Roschlau. <\/p>\n

\u201cOver the same timeframe, ridership has grown by a total of 34 percent.\u201d <\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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