LTA is going over board with these short bus operations. I am
concerned about more congestion near MRTs and interchanges. Also,
don't know how this will affect SBST and SMRT with public operators
trying to feed onto their revenue, rather with BSEP additional
buses should have been added to existing services as required.
these are actually short working trips instead.. not full
route...sort of like "A" service i.e 268A, or 912A. LTA is trying
out to see whether can save cost or not... cos if go under BSEP,
they have to buy the buses and maintain the buses and paid the BC
for full days of working.. while for these, they are just paying
for the operation cost for the peak hours.. but then whether the
total cost add up is more or less, they have to work out the
sum...
looking at the cost of the City Direct Service from Jurong.. it
cost 1.06 mil for 2 years.
doing some maths... 2 years = 104 weeks = 104x5 days = 520 days
(we dun exclude public holidays for simple calculation).
so average operating cost pay by LTA to CDGE = S$2038/day =
S$509/trip (total 4 trips)... i think this is a very high price to
pay by LTA.. i think it will be better off for LTA to buy buses
under BSEP instead...
Peak Period
Short Service (PPSS)
268 PPSS - AMK Mrt Station (Ave 3) to Amk Ave 9
222 PPSS - Bedok Mrt Station to Chai Chee Street (note it does
not start from interchange)
240 PPSS - Boon Lay Interchange to Lakeside MRT station
913 PPSS - Woodlands Interchange to Marsiling Road (near the
shell station)
912 PPSS - Woodland Interchange to Woodlands St 41