And this really irritates me that LTA is sitting down and not
doing anything when SBST services are pampered, and SMRT ones still
need lot of upgrades.
Look at 187 - what a joke. Just going on adding buses.
Same for feeders/intratowns in SMRT region.
969 also so many rigids. When deserve more DDs.
The list can just go on...
Since you are so smart I should not be seeing you here as a
keyboard warrior and instead go and join LTA and be part of their
transport development team.
It doesn't come across to me that 187 is a DD needy service
though to be honest and giving DDs would only be a waste of space
and should be given to services that needs it more and most of the
crowds should subside (for this case ITE CW) by 2000 or later as
most students would've been home by then (if they do not have CCAs)
and deploying DDs should last no more than peak periods and
standbying 1 is already lenient enough.
For 969's case I can't comment much especially on weekday peaks
but there is a clear demand on weekends, from what I can remember
and hence the need to standby DDs on weekends.
Not every service is a high-demand service that requires the
demand of DD (with the exclusion of feeders) and usually most of
them are empty on the upper deck by 2100 hours or later.