Joo Koon so small in my opinion.
I guess bus services 182 and 182M will be shortened to Tuas when
the MRT opens. I guess a new bus service may originate at Tuas and
loop at Joo Koon, with a role of helping the MRT if it breaks
down.
Meanwhile, 256 is already looping.
Without 182 and 182M, there's only six bus services originating
at Joo Koon Bus Interchange. As there is capacity for nine bus
service, I assume there is (eventually) space reserved for three
future bus services - 33.3% spare capacity.
If 33.3% is the "usual" amount of space reserved for future use,
I guess of the twelve parking lots at Changi Business Park Bus
Terminal, four parking lots are reserved; would not be used in the
near future (ten to fifteen years).
Really sincerely hope that the future Jurong East Bus
Interchange and Choa Chu Kang Bus Interchange will have a larger
capacity than the current one. Otherwise, I would appreciate it if
there can be at least one new bus terminal or interchange in the
West region. This is so that the existing bus interchange at Jurong
East, Bukit Batok, Boon Lay can have reduced number of bus services
and also have around 33.3% spare capacity.
with Jurong Lake District, Jurong Innovation District and other
possible Jurong Districts coming up in future, the existing
capacity of bus interchanges and terminals in the West may
(confirmed) not be enough.
I am sorry for overly emphasising on spare capacity for future
use, but for a better tomorrow, I feel that our bus interchanges,
terminals and depots today must have spare capacity reserved for
tomorrow. Otherwise, we will still experience the problem of space
crunch tomorrow.
Of course, you can say there's Jurong Region Line, Cross Island
Line and possibly even Holland Line coming up in future. In the
past, the idea was that the number of bus services will reduce as
North East Line, Circle Line and Downtown Line are up and running.
Clearly, that is not the case. As a result, today we experience
space crunch. Let us not make the same mistake again. Thank
you.