Competing or complementary bus routes?

几条公共汽车路线共用一段路，它们去往相同的最终目的地。这些路线应该更具互补性，而不是竞争，因为竞争会带来巴士拥挤和乘客等待时间更长的问题。这个研究项目的第一部分将是在与STM协商的基础上研究几条路线，这些路线被认为是互补的，但实际上它们由于调度问题而相互竞争。我们将试图回答的主要问题是，STM如何调整现有的时间表，以解决与竞争路线相关的问题。竞争路线主要是沿平行街道同一方向行驶的路线，它们之间的步行距离很小，或者是具有较长公共路段的路线，它们经过共同的目的地，如地铁站。这项研究的第二部分主要是研究小组开发的先前项目的评估阶段。STM的目标是提高67号公路和467号圣米歇尔公路的性能。467是研究团队与STM合作设计的有限停靠服务。在这项研究中，我们将集中量化在所研究的路线上实施预留公交专用道的好处以及公交信号优先(TSP)的好处。这是通过运行时和实时性能分析来完成的。最后，进行了两项调查，以衡量客户满意度和对现有服务的看法。

Several bus routes share segments and theygo to the same final destination. These routes should be more complementary than competing since the competition imposes problems of bus bunching and longer waiting time for users. The first part of this research project will be to study several routes based on consultations with STM where these routes are supposed to be complementary while in reality they are competing due to scheduling issues. The main question we will be trying to answer is how can STM adjust the existing schedules to address issues related to competing routes. Competing routes are mainly routes going in the same direction along parallel streets with small walking distance between them or routes having a long common segment and they pass by a common destination like a Metro station. The second section of this research is mainly an evaluation phase of a previous project developed by the research team. STM is targeting to enhance the performance of route 67 and 467 Saint Michel. 467 is a limited stop service designed by the research team in collaboration with STM. In this study we will concentrate on quantifying the benefits of implementing a reserved bus lane along the studied route and the benefits of transit signal priority(TSP). This is done through run time and ontime performance analysis. Finally two surveys are conducted to measure customer satisfaction and perceptions of the existing services.