the extension of sv386 is consider as new route to the people at
the extenion route... nothing wrong with the LTA press release.. .
People are simply assuming things and spreading rumours , esp on
that Sv164.... New route can be serve by new services or
extension of services...
in Q4 2014, they also mention to introduce 5 new routes which
include the extension of sv35, and yet i did not see anyone
blasting LTA for doing such lowly acts that time..
Better connectivity with new bus services
2.
Between October and December 2014, four new bus services were
introduced - SBS Transit Services 41, 140, and 201, and SMRT
Service 990. An existing bus service - SBS Transit Service 35
- was extended. This brings the total number of new or extended
services under BSEP to 36.
Yes, extension of sv 119, 11 and 35 are counted as 'new' BSEP
services as well, but they are much more useful than extension of
sv 386. Each of these 3 extensions are definitely better than
introducing a new service to cover the extended sector, especially
11 and 35. And we can clearly see the purpose and value of
extension of these 3 services, even though they may not have full
loadings. (I would actually be glad if they just combine 120, 121
and 122 to maybe one or two services and call it a new service,
instead of wasting resources especially along NBR-Tiong
Bahru/Redhill sector.)
Whereas for sv 49 and 386, it's different. Sv 49
extension is, in some ways, considered as a new route for
people at the extended 3 bus stops, but it's not very useful -
mainly for people to go to the hypermarkets over there. Not saying
that it's totally useless, but it's not some kind of great
achievement that is equivalent to a new service. At least LTA
at that time knew what they were doing. Sv 386 may be a little bit
more useful than sv 49 extension, but still its usage is mostly
limited to fetching Waterway residents to malls and schools in
Punggol East (correct me if I'm wrong). LTA may have done nothing
wrong, but I'm just very disappointed especially when Punggol is
dying for more services (not feeders again please). Especially when
sv 49 was introduced as a BSEP service, got extended, and its
extension was not counted; but sv 386 was introduced as a BSEP
service, got extended, and is counted again as a 'new' BSEP
service.
Luckily they didn't put 'extension' of sv 982E as a 'new'
service. Extended by 2 bus stops, lol.