{"id":982,"date":"2008-06-03T18:27:41","date_gmt":"2008-06-03T23:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/2008\/06\/03\/tous-azi-what\/"},"modified":"2008-06-03T20:35:18","modified_gmt":"2008-06-04T01:35:18","slug":"tous-azi-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2008\/06\/03\/tous-azi-what\/","title":{"rendered":"Tous Azi-what?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tous<\/p>\n

If you’re a bus rider in Montreal you’ve probably used Tous Azimuts<\/a>, the STM’s interactive trip planner. Though it’s a little rough around the edges visually, it’s a pretty thorough and effective service. It was also ahead of its time, launched in 1998, before most cities had an online trip planner. (In comparison, poor, vast Toronto still doesn’t have one<\/a>, at least not an official one.)<\/p>\n

I’ve used Tous Azimuts for years and found it quite helpful in my journeys to places I’ve never been before, but being a robot, it occasionally comes up with some real stinkers.<\/p>\n

Recently I made a trip to Beaubien East, at Fabre. I used Tous Azimuts to find out what stop on the Beaubien bus route is closest to that corner. The first result told me that there is a stop right on the corner of Fabre, directly across the street from my destination. Perfect!<\/p>\n

Then I scrolled down and saw the second result. It told me to take the Beaubien bus right past Fabre, get off at Papineau, then inexplicably take the Papineau bus south one block to Bellechasse, where I should get off and walk back to my destination — the one I’d already passed on the Beaubien bus.<\/p>\n

The third suggestion told me to take the metro past Beaubien up to Jean-Talon station, where I’d catch the B\u00e9langer bus east to Fabre, then walk nearly a kilometre south.<\/p>\n

My guess is that the application creates several routes whether or not there are several sensible routes to be created. This isn’t really a bad thing, of course \u2014 it’s great to have alternatives. But when you’re familiar with the area you’re going to, it can lead to some chuckleworthy advice.<\/p>\n

Have you ever been led astray by Tous Azimuts? Or are you a happy customer?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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