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Waiting at a bus stop could soon become a thing of the past.

The Société de transport de Montréal announced Tuesday it is rolling out its much-anticipated $155 million iBus program so passengers can track their buses in real time.

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Since last February, the agency has been installing GPS locators on its buses, with 1,300 of its 1,800 buses now outfitted.

It’s called iBus, and when fully operational next fall, the program will have onboard speakers and digital signs on each bus announce upcoming stops, allow passengers and the STM to track location of buses in real time, and have a better communication system between drivers and dispatchers. It will also keep track of how many people are on each bus at any time.

The STM built a new operations centre to monitor its fleet. Dispatchers can track any bus, and know whether that bus is running according to its posted schedule. The system also estimates traffic congestion and predicts when buses will arrive at each stop.