I foresee another bus fare hike

Goondu74 SG

i have hearing about the complains abt the frequency of buses but come to think of it, there is nothing much SBS or SMRT can do.

imagine a single service has a frequency of 15 mins, and a trip duration of 2 hours, that would mean 9 buses on the road for 1 way, and 18 buses both directions. if u want to cut the frequency to say 7.5 mins, then rough maths would tell that they will have to input another 8 buses either way. And thats 16 extra buses just for 1 service.
The new buses cost nearly S$1m (more ex than a Ferrari), so to cut waiting time by half for half of the nearly 200 services in operation, that would mean they need to buy 100 x 16 x $1m. Thats just a rough estimate, yet to factor in cost of maintenence and space for parking the buses. And there are no guarantees that every trip will be full for the buses. thus its very highly unlikely they can improve much on the frequency. (we dun want to give them an excuse to increase bus fares again!)
A bus life is abt 15-20 years, doubt they can recoup that amount in that time too.

I know for a fact that SBST has a system that tracks their buses on the road nearly at real time using GPS but i think they have yet to fully implement it, so we can hope that frequency improves but more likely than not its going to be minor if the frequency does improves.

autumncs SG

Well... The government should raise ERP to such an extent so that drivers will switch to public transport. In that case, more people will take public transport, and the transport companies will have more revenue, and there will be less jams on the road due to less cars. Like that, the public transport companies are happy due to more revenue and they can invest on more buses, and the passengers are also happy due to smoother rides and increased frequency without more fare hikes. The extra money collected from ERP can also be given to transport companies to improve their services.

Bus fare hikes are no longer an excuse. People pay more to take buses, only to find themselves stuck in traffic jams thanks to thousands of cars with only 1 driver. If we can persuade 10 drivers to take buses, we can free up road space which is equivalent to 10 cars. But the problem is, bus fare hikes discourage these "single drivers" to switch to buses, so these "single drivers" continue to hog the roads and in the end, bus commuters are the one who suffer...

av98m SG

Until they do something about the serious overcrowding problem on trains and buses, there will be lots of drivers who want to but cannot make the switch to public transport. Let’s face it, if you have things to carry (like a briefcase or bag plus laptop, for example) how the fuck are you going to get on and exit the fucking overcrowded buses and trains? Or couples with kids? Buses and trains will be very dangerous for young kids when crowded. I think people only take public transport when they are unable to or unwilling to cough up the money for a car. Even when you’re stuck in a jam at least you’re enclosed in your own car, and not packed together with other sweaty and angry commuters. From a mental health and safety standpoint, our public transport really cannot make it. And that is why you have excess demand for taxis during peak hours.

alwaysdisturbed SG

the previous 3 posts seems like this country is on the verge of breaking down.

this cannot, that cannot, because it'll lead to one problem after another.
tsk tsk...

it comes down to this blood sucking place and to accomodate that we have to get more people in onto this confined island until we see hdb flats everywhere even the view of ur windows are nothing but hdb flats.

mistyblue SG

any reason for fare hike is possible.. the reason don’t have to be valid as long as it is approved by the authorities. Why do they care about the commuters since this is a monopoly.

de_middle SG

yea by that time I may have already kicked the bucket Laughing

Syndicate SG

Everything will increase except birth rate will decrease

Y_Shun SG

$1m? so much? LOL
I read this from ^tamago^'s post @ here...

SBST
Volvo B10BLE/Volgren/ZF (1688K): $290,494/=
Volvo B10BLE-CNG/Volgren/ZF (2988M): $392,935/=
Volvo B10BLE-CNG/Volgren/ZF (2989K): $345,601/=
Volvo B10M Mk II/WA+DM/ZF: $170k - $185k
Volvo B10M Mk III/DM/Voith: $179,359 - $205,089
Volvo B10M Mk IV/DM/Voith (882Y): $194,473
Volvo B10M Mk IV/DM/Voith: $176,792 - $177,183
Volvo B10M Mk IV/DM/ZF: $190k - $205k
Volvo B10M Mk IV/WA Strider/ZF: $175k - $190k
Volvo B10M Mk IV/DM 3500/Voith (2689B-2788Z): $190k - $200k
Volvo B10M Mk IV/DM 3500/Voith (2789X-2838M): $182,317 - $182,327
Volvo B10M-70 Mk IV 14.5m/DM (997A): $204,810/=
Volvo B10MA-60 Mk IV/DM/ZF (998Y): $286,611/=
MB O.405GN/Volgren/ZF (999U): $455,348/=
Volvo Olympian 2-axle/WA/Voith: $235k - $240k
Volvo Olympian 3-axle/WA/ZF (9200G-9400X): ~$290k
Volvo Olympian 3-axle/WA/ZF (9401T-9596P): $295k - $315k
Volvo Olympian 3-axle/WA/ZF (9597L-9670K): $339,382 - $372,560
Volvo B10TL 3-axle/Volgren/Voith (9800A-9849K except 9810X): $398,355/=
Volvo B10TL 3-axle/Volgren Australia/Voith (9810X): $389,944/= (cheaper than other VSOs)
Volvo B10TL 3-axle/WA/ZF (9888Y): $464,374/=
Leyland Olympian 3-axle/WA/ZF: ~$300k
MB O405 OAC/WA/MB: $210k - $230k
MB O405 OAC/DM/MB: $200k - $225k
MB O405 OAC/DM/Voith: $200k - $215k
MB O405 NAC+CAC/DM/MB: $170k - $188k
Scania N113CRB OAC/WA/Voith: $200k - $205k
Scania N113CRB NAC+CAC/WA/Voith: $180k - $185k
Scania L94UB/Volgren/ZF (2888T): $152,737/=
Dennis Trident/DM 5000/Voith (9671E-9689E): ~$364k
Dennis Trident/DM 5000/Voith (9690A): $377,815/=
Dennis Dart/DM: ~$168k

SMRTB
MB O405/Hispano/ZF: $235k - $265k
MB O405/Volgren/ZF: $226,241/=
MB O405G/Hispano Box/ZF: $355k - $400k
MB O405G/Hispano Box/ZF (838H): $587,636/=
MB O405G/Hispano Smiley/ZF: $350k - $360k
MB O405G/Volgren/ZF: $350k - $365k
MB O405G/Volgren/Voith: $355k - $370k
MB O405G/Habit/Voith: $340k - $380k
MB O405G/Habit/ZF: $320k - $360k
MB O405G/Habit/ZF (1148J-1176C): $350k - $365k
Scania L113CRL/WA Strider/ZF: ~$240k
Scania L113CRL/Elbo/ZF: ~$240k
DAF SB220/Voith: ~$260k
Hino HS3KRKK/Volgren/ZF: $157,737/=
Hino HS3KRKA/Volgren (905Y): $220,000/=
Dennis Lance UMW/DM/ZF: $159,650/=
Dennis Lance UMW/Volgren/ZF: $171,590/=
Dennis Lance/DM/ZF: $165,000/=
Nissan U31RCN/Fuji/ZF: $246,486/=

Hogzilla SG

If the information Goondu74 show us is obtained from the bus companies, then we have two choices here.

Either the companies hid something from us or they kenna tork.

It's just that simple.

Medicated Oil SG

Only pple kana tork is the stupid sg pple that have grown long neck through waiting for the bus.

Elite are the cream and they wun be tork one.

The only one that will be tork are the peasants that USE the PUBLIC transport daily. (Elite not affected)

asdfzhao SG

but we will have to spend more time at the bus stop as the bus will be full...

as the bus companies might onli care about the profits and not increase the frequency...

Lowclassman SG

Transportation fares increased?

No surprise..under this govt!!! Mad

Goondu74 SG

I was referring to the newest bus that SBST acquired for the handicapped.

Y_Shun SG

Then I have to tell you, your figure for the new double decker B9TL is wrong.

150 new Volvo B9TL Superbuses - $71 million
1 Volvo B9TL - $473, 333.333333333 aka $475k(round up)

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