guys look at 806
after the blk 419 bus stop
the whole bendy is emptied of pax
deploy a DD ...
top confirm empty!
Go see how the double deckers in feeder services in Boon
Lay, Bedok.
And it is not always the case that people will move in to the
back of the bendy bus as well...
It's just that some whiners who always nit-pick on stuff
DO NOT EVEN see the good
points of bendies.
You try deploying DD on 806, see how long it takes for people to
alight? They say use bendy delay bus stop for 5min, use DD also
same case, slow unloading also delay bus stop for 5min. Makes no
difference.
However, I am completely fine with SMRT buying DDs, it's just a
matter of fact to deploy them on the right services. Deploy DDs on
190 and 106 would be the best. Deploy bendies on feeders. If you
deploy them on feeders ONLY, that would reduce the
number of bendies to 50 or 100 as in an acceptable level, the main
problem now is CBD, but 67, 171, 700 and 960 cannot deploy DDs due
to Dunearn Rd and 67, 700 and 960 have no choice but to use bendies
due to High Loading and those low trees along Dunearn Rd.
Stop whining, people... Just accept them for who they are... I
beg all of you... I ALSO GIVE DDS PROS AND I NEVER EVER SAID THAT
DDS ARE BAD.
Even if the bendy bus take 1 to 2 min faster to unload, then you
have to think how much space it takes up to do the unloading and
even loading?
Point is the bendy bus takes up 2 bus spaces to do its alighting
and boarding of passengers, while double deckers only need one bus
space along the bus bay/lane. Even if both takes the same time
to do its alighting and boarding of passengers, the double decker
uses only one bus space to do it, which the other space
behind can be better and more efficiently used by another bus
(of another service) to do its alighting and boarding of
passengers.
If these high capacity buses takes a longer time again in the
bus stop, the bus behind can at least move out of the bus bay/lane
and let another bus come in again for its alighting and boarding of
passengers. But bendy bus, which takes up the space of the whole
bus stop, can only cause long queues of buses behind because
they can't move into the bus bay/lane in a safe position beside the
bus stop to alighting and boarding of passengers. This causes delay
to other buses and other bus services behind the queue. The
situation is made worse when it rains or when there are PIW
passengers in the buses behind.
I believe feeders can do with single deckers with better
frequencies or introducing new services to ease the load along its
route partially. As for Northwest routes, there is no need for
bendy buses once DTL is ready in a few years time. Low tree trunk
issues should be highlighted to LTA and NEA and it is up to them
whether they want to improve Singapore public transport system.
Be practical. Bendy buses are not useful anymore as our
population increases, becomes denser, and given our demanding bus
operating environments, limited bus infrastructures, and heavy
traffic road conditions. Plus we are adding more buses and more bus
services in future. We won't want queues of buses everywhere and
deprive the efficiency of the bus system further. If SMRTB has to
stop using bendy buses to further improve the bus system, it is
certainly worth it for the company.
