Anyway ... another suggestion for DTL2.
Break-up and extension: to optimize the use of poorly utilized
173.
Service 173: Clementi Int to Petir Rd
(Loop)
To terminate at Bt Panjang when ITH is completed.
Service 987: Bt Batok Int to Yew Tee
(Loop)
To cover lost sections of 173, and provide Yew Tee residents a
link to Bt Panjang / DTL without having to pass through CCK
central.
May need to cover this section with a 178 reroute to link Hume
Ave - Bt Batok, if necessary.
Most former 173 links are well covered: Hillview - Clementi by
963, Hillview - Beauty World by 970, Bt Batok - Rail Mall by 178,
and so on. Separating 173 allow the two sections to be more direct
and more useful services (as compared to the current loopback that
the route exhibits).
Hillview would be served by six trunks: 173, 176, 177, 963, 970,
987. Services to Bt Batok central are 176, 177, 987. Current 173A
short-trip renumbered 987A.
Any comments on my previous suggestion to 173 / 987? 