For jurongwestresident's proposed extension of 181, good
connection between bulim, boon lay and taman jurong, but off peak
and weekend loading towards the industrial area at tukang would
likely be quite low. maybe can operate similar to 98/98M.
I agree that the loading to the industrial areas at Bulim and
Tukang will only be high during peak hours, especially on a new bus
service, since there are already bus services (181,185 and 246)
serving the perimeters of these areas.
Yes makes sense to have Sv 181 extended and as you rightly
mentioned.. Should be like 98/98M... 181/181M.
Similar to the industrial areas, I think the demand for a direct intra-town bus
connection between Bulim, Boon Lay and Taman
Jurong would most
probably only be high during peak hours, since only a few groups of
people (eg. Students, Teachers, People working near their homes,
etc.) travel intra-town.
Sorry, but I do not think it is wise to provide the intra-town
bus connections with an extension of bus 181.
Well, Mr Pervertedboy is correct. There is no doubt that this
extended 181 is no shorter/faster/cheaper alternative to the
combinations of bus services that people in Jurong West take to
travel from one part of the town to another. Since there is no
incentive, there is likely to be minimal demand for it.
To think about it, I think it is better to have it as an
entirely new bus service, rather than make it an extension of
181.
Since this bus service would only be of high demand during peak
hours and the crowd would move in a particular uniform direction, I
suggest this bus service only operates during peak hours and runs
only in one direction.
To optimise resources, we can
simply modify the route of 240P and extend it at
both ends to Bulim and Tukang respectively, and make it a new peak
period bus service altogether.
In the morning, this bus service starts at Bulim Street and ends
at Tukang Innovation Drive.
