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Public transport ([http://www.rtcquebec.ca/ RTC]) in Quebec consists only of a bus network, they are reliable downtown and on the major street but less if you are in the suburbs. The main arterial network, is the Metrobus 800-801 that head North and West from Quebec downtown.
The bus network is not that cheap and you can't cheat it as you need to either pay the driver (and he doesn't carry changes! So he will take what you give that's it) or handle your ticket to the driver. The fare to pay on the bus is higher than if you buy a ticket, so avoid not having a ticket which are for sale in every convenient store, which are open 24h. The fare system is a bit prehistoric and does not offer any flexibility, but once you have handled your ticket to the driver, you can ask him a transfer which will allow you to continue your journey on another bus network but which can not be used as a return. The local bus driver are pretty anal and feeling on a power trip regarding their 'task' of controlling every passenger getting onboard, so be sure that they won't let you in if anything looks wrong to them.
One particularity which sounds illogic, there is are some buses that takes passengers but does not let them out until upon arrival to the terminus. These Such bus route routes are called 'express' so don't board them unless you want to end up 30 km 30km out of town or if you want to have a fight row with the driver so that he lets you out of his bus (again, feeling powerful he might actually ignore you!). There is also two other bus companies, which does not take the tickets or the passenger of the Quebec city Bus transit: one is the St-Augustin Express which service this far suburb in the west of Quebec city; and the South Shore ([[Levis]]) bus network which comes into town to unload their passenger and likes to travel empty.
This said, one great thing is that Quebec city's bus network offer an extensive night service from Thursday to Friday with bus running until 3am on certain route. Hitching within the city might actually work if you stand at a bus stop and try while the flow of the traffic is not too big, most of the locals despise the public transport system and might be keen of saving you off it!
