30. The metropolitan bus transit system is established or modified by the Agency with the approval of the Government.
For the purposes of the first paragraph, the Agency shall, in particular,(1) evaluate public transportation services on the basis of factors such as the appropriateness or necessity of providing a link between municipal territories, the capacity and frequency of existing services, the speed of travel and the financial resources of the Agency;
(2) consider the development plans and planning programmes referred to in sections 5 and 83 of the Act respecting land use planning and development (chapter A-19.1) and the plan of transport systems referred to in section 3 of the Transport Act (chapter T-12).
The Agency shall, according to its implementation schedule, consult the municipalities, public transit operating authorities and regional county municipalities concerned and the Communauté urbaine de Montréal inasmuch as it is concerned, in order to obtain their views.