Please observe the loading pattern of 900 and 901. People come
people go. Where will got people go upper deck one?
The ppl on woodlands feeders are more than a DD can hold. As a
result, people have to stand on the stairs when a DD is deployed.
But bendies are different. They can hold standees at their rear
portion and also the articulation joint area.
Also, please take a look at how WILD people unload at Admiralty
Stn when 913 pulls by. People SPAM out of the bus straightaway.
With only one exit door that have to cope with both upper and lower
deck pax at once, do you think a DD can cope?
It is also the pax and the BC's adaptations and habit. That's
why the SBST feeders and townlinks can successfully utilise DDs on
its svcs. To elaborate more on the not moving to the upper deck
problem, people may have this habit of not moving to the top as
they know how painful it is to alight EVEN from bendies, LEAVE
ALONE DDs.
If u ask me, I think DDs are better utilised on 700, or 857 as
you said. Also can be well utilised on 853, as the load at Kallang
can get real traumatic at peak. But for Woodlands feeders or
intratowns, it's a no-no, at least for me.
I shall phrase it like that.
Bendy- More road space, SUPER FAST alighting and boarding(Takes
5 min for whole row to clear).
DD- Less road space, slow boarding and alighting(Takes 5 min for
whole row to clear).
No difference... And people dun move to the rear of a bendy is
NOT true.
