From what I observed in Yishun interchange, the bendies do not
actually move off faster as you said. Once one or two bendies are
stuck at the alighting berth, almost immediately you see a line of
buses queuing behind. But the situation is not that bad with single
and double deckers on the alighting berth, because shorter buses
have more flexibility in moving in and out of lane with many
buses.
One of the main aim for LTA GCM is to improve frequencies for
all of the services. 2 single deckers may take up the same spaces
of a bendy bus, but at least operators can improve the frequencies
by adding more buses, or use more buses for another new service.
That's the flexibility they can play with to manage the loads. And
two buses doesn't really mean that they will take up the whole
space at the same time. Difference in frequencies can allow the two
buses to stop at the bus stops at different times and yet improving
the frequencies.
The GCM is still at its early stages and places like Woodlands
have not seen much improvements, like more new services, yet
compared to other places. LTA may probably reshuffle the feeders
there (e.g split into G/W) or add new services to relieve the
loads. Parts of Woodlands are still not developed yet and thus new
services may be needed in future.
There are not many places with height restrictions these days
and LTA has been removing these barriers since GCM. As for the
airport, it's probably time to build a new bus terminal or
restructure the bus infrastructures there. With the upcoming T4,
Jewel, and T5, there is a need for more bus services, especially
one to the west.
If many other parts of Singapore bus services can operate
efficiently without the need of a few special buses, don't see why
places like Woodlands cannot improve without the need of bendies.
Already seeing great improvements in Yishun, Chua Chu Kang and
Bukit Batok with the fleet changes. Like I said earlier, Woodlands
estate is still expanding, and it needs more space for more buses
for new services. The current arrangement should just be the
temporary one for better things to come in future.
You're still evading from the 858 problem.
You're still deluded into the fact that fleet add helps. Youre
still deluded into believing a new ter will actually show up in
CGA.