If that's the case you may as well remove 43's DDs
alr.
You can't assume the reasons above. Becoz well, the BC
can always check the rear. And he WOULD force everyone to move
behind before leaving the stop. And yes, the pax WILL
move. I've seen enough of Tampines Townlinks and I know
what will people do. For your second reason, why would people not
move, if that moving means less squeeze along the corridor? Even if
it's not so, 27 is crowded enough, I'm sure everybody knows, and
guess what? 90% of the skip-stop 27s I was on was actually kinda
spacious in the middle. So why 27 still gets 32 buses, daily cameos
and downroutes? You know.
Reason why I used the comparison in the first line is becoz I
find 43's spot loading very similar to 113's. That's because 43
also has very high loading in some sectors, and very empty buses in
some sectors where there are other alt services too. But 43 got DDs
all the same. It's being around a year since the DDs are on 43 now,
and if it means 43 deserve DDs for good, then why not 113? I mean,
of course not full day, but maybe 1 DD for school hours, and maybe
2-3 DDs for 113A. That should be okay, I guess.
Unfortuanately, some BCs don't..
Yes people will move, but they will never move to the rear,
fully to the rear. It's always damn frustrating that people often
leave a big gap.
What I felt... If you pump more buses on a trunk and feeder,
obviously the feeder can benefit more as the distance is short,
jams may not occur that much.
But if you pump more buses on service like 43, long distance, and
if it happens that one of the sector[mostly mid-journey] jam, how
are you going to handle the load? It's not as easy as pulling out
extra bus to cover from terminals.
