Originally Posted by
ls17031
There is good news however! The STM (note that the
City of Montréal doesn't have a say in transit operations
)
As for the construction... Well that's just part of life in Montréal. She be a cruel mistress at times
The "good" news is that STM leased 15 inter-city coaches - more comfortable than the regular STM buses (which are still in use)- c/w luggage holds. The "bad" news is that the new buses are slower (i.e. the driver has to get off the bus @ each stop to retrieve passengers' luggage from the hold) and 2 of them broke down over Labour Day weekend.
As for STM governance, 7 of the 10 board members are councillors - and - most of the budget comes from the province/city:
http://www.stm.info/en/about/corpora.../board-members
i.e. you will have a hard time convincing this transit user that Ville de Montreal does not have a say in transit operations! (that is like saying Toronto does not have any say in the operations of the TTC i.e. if you believe that, I am some swamp land in FL you can buy...........
BTW, I was overcharged on the STM & contacted Ville de Montreal (its on the Mayor's WEB site!) a couple of weeks ago...............seems like they are operating on the same response times as Air Canada? i.e. still have not heard back!