Sometimes the lede is well buried

The last paragraph in an otherwise normal article on Montreal’s upcoming passenger information system:

The iBus system will be rolled out as quickly as drivers can be trained. Each driver must be trained for seven hours on how to operate the new equipment.

Seven hours? I take this as a combination of the following:

  • The equipment is complex.
  • Training can only be accomplished in a shift.
  • A win/giveaway for labor relations.

Talking buses, realtime location data coming to STM next year, Montreal Gazzette

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