STM promises better bus and metro service
The STM is promising a rise of 5% in bus service next year, as well as a boost in metro passages.
Note to anyone from the STM: the 55 route desperately needs a few more departures during morning and evening rush hour. People are jammed in so tight on some of the buses that it’s completely unsanitary, especially during flu season. Can the public health department get involved here? Anyone?
JP 19:42 on 2019-11-21 Permalink
Agreed. It’s the same with the 179 S route too. They need more departures between 7:30 and 9 am…
The STM keeps saying service is improving…but quite honestly, I don’t feel it.
DeWolf 15:47 on 2019-11-22 Permalink
When I moved back last year I was shocked at how much worse the bus services are than when I left in 2008. Coderre’s cuts really did a number of the system. The 80 used to be super frequent, like every five minutes in the afternoon and every couple of minutes at rush hour. Now it comes every 10 minutes at most, often much less in the evenings. It’s no wonder ridership has fallen off a cliff.
Kate 21:57 on 2019-11-22 Permalink
DeWolf, I think that’s a valuable observation, because those of us who’ve been here all along had got used to it, like the proverbial lobster in the pot.