Bad bus scheduling must be fixed
Following from recent discussions here about transit: Friday I had to be downtown in the afternoon. I went by bus. The STM schedule wasn’t respected; I waited almost 45 minutes for the 80 south, in the middle of the day, and again more than half an hour for the 55 northbound, toward the end of rush hour. Of course both buses were uncomfortably crowded when they finally did show up.
The 80 is especially important, being too far from the orange line for a hop and a skip over there if you’re in a hurry. The STM really needs to make sure that route isn’t neglected. But I have a fondness for the 55 too, since it’s the one that drops me closest to home.
Thomas 15:42 on 2022-12-03 Permalink
Perhaps Ensemble Montréal is on to something after all with that story they had planted everywhere last week about our worsening bus service 😉 The good news is that Gérald Tremblay has promised to build a tramway to run on Park Avenue and Côte-des-Neiges so the problem is basically already solved…
Meezly 12:51 on 2022-12-04 Permalink
That happened to me too in early September. I leave near Parc Ave, and had to be downtown and wasn’t quite dressed for biking, so waited for the southbound 80 for at least 30 minutes. The bus app screwed me, making me think that a bus was going to show. I gave up and walked a bit to find a BIXI. I was late, but the BIXI got me there.
If I need to take a bus this winter, I’ll have to plan for contingencies!