I know! Thats why I put 119 first. Explain that.
And I use 372 becoz of its low freq as compared to LRT.
White elephant?! Are you mad?! Oh yeah man, a white elephant
could get its trains severely crowded, day and night! So crowded
LTA even added trains! How is it even a white elephant, may
I ask?! bias?! And at least you can pack 105 pax, vs a
small 70-80 plus pax on an SD, or a DD which would take forever to
reach optimum capacity!
In Tampines crowding in the interchange isnso severe it delays
many of the buses! How is that a better feeder network?! And you
cant compare Tampines either coz the town is old and there wasnt
even a thought on building an LRT! Thats why now it cant have
one!
For a change, keep your mind open and listen to what others are
trying to say.
As I said before, you cannot compare buses to LRT. My point is
in the absence of LRT network, there would have been a robust
feeder network that would have given doorstep service to most HDBs.
You still had to introduce 371 inspite of LRT as LRT cannot cater
to every road except for the major roads.
Why people don't use 119? It is because of frequency that can be
15-17 mins. If LRT was not there, there would have been a 379 or
something to cater to this area with frequency of 3-4 mins. Also,
119 does get loading from Compass Point to Rivervale inspite of
LRT. In fact, when 119 used to start at Sengkang Interchange, you
could see the bus get 50-55 pax easily at the interchange. Now that
has changed because people have to cross Sengkang east ave and take
the bus from opposite side.
Also, you have to note, many people along Sengkang East Way
where LRT does not ply rely heavily on 50,119 to get to MRT.