STO promises better travel times with service adjustments

Taylor Clark

In anticipation of the return to school, the Société de transport de l’Outaouais plans to adjust the routes and timetables of lines 49, 50, 52, and 56 as well as introduce line 42. Beginning August 26, students from the Aylmer and Plateau sectors will benefit from more direct links to the Gabrielle-Roy campus along with better travel times.

The changes come after more than 450 people answered a consultation questionnaire from February 26 to March 17 to review the service in both the Aylmer and Plateau sectors for buses heading to the Cégep de l'Outaouais. The main concerns received by the public assisted in refining the initial service proposal. The consultation report was available at www.sto.ca/consultation.

The details related to the new schedule and bus routes for this fall will become available in July. The same goes for the adjustments planned to integrate school lines which serve secondary to better align with the changes made to the service to the Gabrielle-Roy campus.

A communication campaign was also expected to launch in the coming months to inform customers and invite them to plan their trips carefully.

Photo caption: Bus users in the Aylmer and Plateau sectors can expect some changes come late August after the Société de transport de l’Outaouais conducted a service review.

Photo credit: Archives