Competing or complementary bus routes?

几条公交线路共用一段，它们都去同一个最终目的地。这些路线应该是互补的，而不是竞争的，因为竞争会带来巴士拥挤和用户等待时间延长的问题。本研究项目的第一部分将是根据与STM的协商研究几条路线，这些路线应该是互补的，而实际上由于调度问题，它们是相互竞争的。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。竞争路线主要是沿着平行街道走向相同方向的路线，它们之间的步行距离很小，或者有很长的公共路段，它们经过一个共同的目的地，比如地铁站。本研究的第二部分主要是研究小组之前开发的一个项目的评估阶段。STM的目标是提高67号线和467号线圣米歇尔线的性能。467号线是由研究小组与STM合作设计的有限站服务。在本研究中，我们将集中于量化沿研究路线实施预留公交车道的好处和公交信号优先（TSP）的好处。这是通过运行时和实时性能分析完成的。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.