Standing at a bus stop in the freezing cold, wondering if it passed early or is arriving late, is now a thing of the past thanks to the new iBUS system.
Transit users will now be able to find out when their bus is supposed to arrive in real time, instead of relying on the printed schedule.
The information will be available on the STM website and through the Transit app. There is a tutorial on the STM's website showing how it works.
The current STM app will be phased out.
In January another app, Chrono, will also have the STM's real time information as well. It will be run by the umbrella transit organization l'Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain.
Chair of the STM's board of directors, Philippe Schnobb, said STM data will also be made available to the developer community to match global trends among transit providers.
Sometime next year, other features will be added including the ability to track the location of buses on a map and obtain real-time schedules via text message.
