Till recently the STM was willing to give space to five old buses being maintained by STM retirees and current workers, but the STM wants its space back so the group is desperately seeking garage space.
The STM’s garage is vast, so I half suspect this move by the STM is a PR gesture meant to demonstrate that it’s taking its bus responsibilities seriously. But this is how to do that: Friday morning the STM was able to tweet and post that 1440 buses are now on the road, more than the 1425 required at rush hours.
Daniel 16:47 on 2019-12-27 Permalink
Might be slightly off topic, but the STM might consider sending a contingent to the U.K. to find out how they’re getting bus schedule information to the public next year: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/passengers-to-plan-journeys-down-to-the-minute-as-big-data-revitalises-countrys-bus-use
Spi 19:32 on 2019-12-27 Permalink
Why would they need to send people to the UK, just cross the bridge to Laval. They’ve been doing GPS tracking and up to the minute ETA on mobile and at bus stops for years now. The scale might not be the same but I don’t think that’s the problem at this point.
JaneyB 11:59 on 2019-12-28 Permalink
STM is a long-time client of the international transport logistics company ‘Giro’, a leader in the field, created and based right here in Mtl. STM’s problems must be about something other than GPS tracking.