might as well give SMRT SG plated B9TLs if they continue to be
refuseniks in purchasing HC buses. You don't think routes like 169
172 187 190 969 need more HCs? The limiting factor is the amount of
HC buses and there's not a single thing they are doing about it, as
far as I can see. There is some truth to claims that if routes like
the ones above were under SBST, they would have a near-full DD
fleet.
I don't know why people have the impression that B9TLs cannot be
or is not likely to be operated by SMRT, I mean the government will
be, or rather is now buying buses, it has already given some to
Tower Transit, I certainly won't be surprised if SMRT operates
B9TLs in the future, though it still depends on whether and how LTA
allocates the buses. I mean if people know what the GCM entails, it
should not be a surprise.