I believe SMRT will procure more Double Decker buses this year
and in the next few years.
Last year it only procured 201 units most likely because this
was its first year procuring Double Decker buses. Now that it has
experience, it may procure more units of Double Decker buses.
I feel that eventually, the Articulated buses (including that
SMB-registered one) will all be phased out and replaced with Double
Decker buses.
Speaking of which, an articulated bus caused a traffic jam
inside Boon Lay Bus Interchange bus bay recently. That bus occupied
around half of the driveway where buses from sawtooth berths drive
through to loop and exit the bus interchange. Only one bus can
drive through to loop, and some departures were delayed.
In my opinion, there should not be Articulated buses here where
traffic volumes are high and traffic congestions are common.
According to the article on Wikipedia, last updated on 29
December 2014, SMRT has 315 units of Articulated buses.
When SMRT procures Double Decker buses again, it shoud procure
at least 315 units to replace all its Articulated buses.
Considering that more high capacity buses will be needed in future,
the figure should be doubled to around 630. SMRT should procure
around 630 units of Double Decker buses when it procures Double
Decker buses again.
As mentioned before, it's also the interchange structure that is
always causing jams problem, not just bendy bus factor alone. So
don't juz blame the bendy bus alone.
If you wish to have no jams in the interchange, govt. should
bloody expand the landspace, stop being stingy..
Imo, imagine some random bus just breakdown at the entrance of
the interchange, and because the govt. wants to save space, they
only make two lanes for entry..which in reality only can take 1
single lane..