Well, maybe I was not clear in
my explanation. The
st 72 I am referring to is the part that is also along st 75, and
the part that is also along ave 4 (which is also st 71). The other
of st 72 and ave 4 is the part that is also along ave 5 where 99
and 185 plies.
Please do not disagree with me just for the sake of it. Why so
negative? Chill, man. You know, you contradicted yourself in the
"PM peak at Boon Lay interchange, each bus is packed to door" part,
because this one I also got write (I say 242 load is excessively
large for SD at around peak hours).
Yes, I agree with you that a swop of 242's SDs with DDs from
other services is perhaps sufficient to handle the load better
during peak hours. Maybe this is all the enhancement required for
now. In future, we just keep replacing 242's SDs with DDs, until
when all replace already, then we introduce PPSS to shadow it.
Meanwhile, 243 and 181 are almost having a full-DD deployment
during peak hours. Yet, the capacity is still not enough. I think
there should be a PPSS on 243G (U-turn at st82) very soon.
The P model has turned out bad for most services introduced. You
live in the area right. Please go and check out loading on 240P,
you will know what I am saying. 243 and 181 are both doing well.
243 will also get another BSEP. Why do you need now P services as
well?
Also 181 is 50% DD fleet. LTA just needs to get SBST to convert
1 more SD slot to DD along with crossover from 193.
242 needs one more DD (it is more nice to have kind of thing). I
would not want govt to spend more money on P services when it is
not needed.
