Now what's the problem with you. The door is indeed what I find
issue with and as a bus former I'm just here to talk about it. Now
you wanna place a value judgement on discussion too! Keep it going
dude.
Someone said here.
Does the door really make a difference? Would the commuters
would even care the doors which open and close the same way like
all exit doors and is safe to use?
As fare paying users for the services, they care more of when
the bus is coming, the frequencies, the availability of more bus
service choices, comfort/seats, availability safety and
reliability. Not the bus body, not the doors. They won't want to
pay more fares, for the sake of high tech complex sliding door
where a cost effective plug out door can do the same job. You want
it, you want to fork out that million dollars to LTA to retrofit it
for all the 5,000 odd public buses here? No, the commuters are not
going to pay a cent fare increase for that unnecessary
feature.
European chassis and fitted with European body. Even tested to
withstand topples. What more do you want? You want a bus body made
out of wood and paper?
Ugly? You want those design from Tata buses? Or I give you some
better solutions? Next time you persuade LTA to get buses from
designer houses, can? Or even better, you design your most awesome
bus design and submit to LTA? But be prepared because there will be
people saying your design is ugly.
Fair enough in this hobby, everyone has their likes and dislikes
about the bus models here. But buses design here are for meeting
the most basic requirements for daily operations, safety, comfort,
reliability and cost effectiveness. And these standards are
considered higher than many countries, including those developed
countries, around the world. Exterior aesthetics, I can even say
for most designs here is modern and yet practical.
I don't like Citaro's lack of eyeball air con vent. I don't like
the A22 because there are lesser seats than the Citaro. I don't
like the Lionhead design of the A22 because it's impractical. It
makes the bus heavier which consumes more fuel, it adds more cost
to the bus where the costs can be saved by tens of thousands, if
say that Lionhead structure from front to end costs e.g. $500. Many
people dislike the green paint scheme for all the buses in future.
So? Do I need to highlight all these in every thread here? It's ok
if you vent your unhappiness on these small issues a few times here
but what you are doing, your incessant bashings and impractical
solutions are irritating people who are looking for information
more useful to them through those tens of pages in the thread.
Get a new hobby, if the hobby doesnât suit your needs, satisfy
your own desires. Like I have said, get your own car. Do what you
please with it.
Public transport, public buses doesn't just revolve all around
you. Not for your own desires, needs only. It serves the masses. It
has to look at the interests of the masses using it, the
practicality, effects to the users and even non users, the
costs/fares, even limitations like space, cost, resources,
logistics. It's not private transport to just give you what you
want only.
So if you please don't mind, don't make this hobby a joke to
everyone. Many people are actually reading it even if they are not
contributing anything.