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It is possible to reach the first First large gas station headed west on the A9 from Montpellier, 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues', by transit and with some walking. In the summer of 2018 one user was kicked off the 'Saint-Jean-De-Védas' péage option above, necessitating that they find a new spot, though [[User:movethathoof|Movethathoof]] found and took this as their first spot in November of 2019 to great success (and with a different walking route, as described below).
In November 2019 user [[User:movethathoof|Movethathoof]] had great success standing at the roundabout just before the ramp to the highway. He was quickly offered several nearer rides and within half an hour had a ride with a trucker right to the border with Spain.
If you're hitching from Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues and need cardboard, you're likelier to find a nice, big, clean piece in the recyclables dumpster behind the little 'Paul' location that is to the south of the main building and gas station, than the rest of the area that does not have easily accessed separated recyclables bins.
→From first large gas station Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues
==== From first large gas station Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues ====
To get there, take the tram line 2 until the final station 'Saint Jean de Védas Centre' (from the station Gare Saint-Roch it will take you 21 minutes according to the agency's website). That same station is where bus line 33 begins, able to be taken with the same ticket as the tram. The 33 does not run so very frequently (outside of peak hours and most especially on weekends and holidays), and so it is useful to coordinate with its scheduled departures, which can be found [https://www.tam-voyages.com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6 here] (searching for 33, direction is 'FABRÈGUES - Lou Paillas').
Getting off at 'Collège Ray Charles', you walk back the route that the bus took when it just got off the D613: up the street past the roundabout to Rue Turk et de Groot and then down that road to the next roundabout (which will be slightly to your left when merging onto Avenue Charles de Gaulle). You continue straight across the roundabout to the bridge over the D613, that bridge the beginning of the D185. You continue on the D185 through the next roundabout on the other side, and then down and up a small incline. You will walk across a bridge that does not have *that* much space for pedestrians, but traffic is fairly limited on the road there. You walk until to your right there will be a gated access road, which to its left has a clear pedestrian access point. Turn left on the road that it immediately meets (Chemin des Fabriques), which shortly leads you to the gate of 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues'. You may need to hop its gate, but it does not have those pesky height extensions that some do as as to impede access. Total time walking will be around 25 minutes. A map of this walking route can be found [https://drive.google.com/open?id=1KflMq4gFTgkJwOBVpFmgSN6kMFhLbLOQ&usp=sharing here]
==== Options without taking tram, from péage, or gas station ====
