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 Press releases
STM road-testing
articulated buses
Montreal, 7 March 2005
- As part of its 2008-2010 procurement programme for articulated buses, the
STM will be conducting a comparative analysis of the road-handling aspect of
two types of articulated buses under winter conditions. The first model,
similar to front-wheel drive, has its powered axle at the front of the
vehicle for traction, while on the second model, the rear trailer section
propels the front of the bus.
Road tests will be held March 7 and 8, without passengers, on eleven bus
routes: 45 – Papineau, 48 – Perras, 49 – Maurice-Duplessis, 55 – Boulevard
Saint-Laurent, 67 – Saint-Michel, 69 – Gouin, 80 – Avenue du Parc, 121 –
Sauvé/Côte-Vertu, 141 – Jean-Talon Est, 165 – Côte-des-Neiges and 535 –
Voies réservées Du Parc/Côte-des-Neiges. Other bus routes may be added if
needed. More trials will also be carried out March 9-11 on the PMG
Technologies testing track in Blainville.
The STM will afterwards compile and analyze comments from transit users,
especially regarding the interior layout and comfort of these vehicles. To
that end, the STM will hold further road-tests in April, this time under
actual operating conditions with passengers on board.
This evaluation process has been made possible with the help of the Réseau
de transport de Longueuil (RTL) and the City of Ottawa (OC Transpo), who are
lending the STM conceptually different types of articulated buses for the
entire testing period.
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