ST Home front page B1: Raise the Citaro's rear w/ floorboard

sbst275 SG

make the Citaro as like K230UB into a low entry bus to maximise space for standing…

Shift exit door to the rear.. Eh… so far to the rear, raised floodboard somemore.. BC how to see the rear end? As if we still got conductor selling tickets on the bus chia…

lol…

carbikebus SG

Buy Low Entry instead leh

sbst275 SG

someone wouldn’t be happy…

ya hor.. gone missing for 2 weeks + liao…

sbst275 SG

seriously articles goes to show, low entry bus still the best…

vicamour SG

The author has not taken into account that the rear needs to house the rear wheels, engine, fuel/Adblue tanks.

It will be very costly to and almost impossible to have a completely flat rear area with a stepless rear door.

Both LE and LF buses each have their pros and cons. Just live with it since efforts have been put in for stepless buses to begin with.

However I feel that the Volvo B9TL LF buses are the best designed LF buses, full LF yet not so narrow rear aisle. Double deckers seems to be better in terms of flat floor and low/no entry designs. It will be good for more LF double deckers.

SBS 3010C SG

For DDs , I prefer it to be LF, but for SDs , better to be LE. If DDs LE, u may hit ur head against the wall

SBS6305H SG

For DDs , I prefer it to be LF, but for SDs , better to be LE. If DDs LE, u may hit ur head against the wall

Hit the celling u mean... KUBS and citaro hitting the celling is just as bad! btw u so tall meh.

charlize SG

For more standing room, that means seats have to be taken out.

Apparently for this commuter, less seats is good.

Why not take out all the seats on the bus so that there will be more standing room?

SBS8501U SG

make the Citaro as like K230UB into a low entry bus to maximise space for standing…

Shift exit door to the rear.. Eh… so far to the rear, raised floodboard somemore.. BC how to see the rear end? As if we still got conductor selling tickets on the bus chia…

lol…

There is indeed such thing as the Citaro LE Model

TIB868X SG

i think the author just meant levelling the rear cabin of the bus, aka 'covering' the current aisle to make the bus function more like an LE bus rather than an LF bus, increasing standee space. AKA OC with only one step needed to climb to the rear.

nfshp253 SG

A very simple solution to this problem would be to introduce buses with 3 doors like those in Europe. Ease of exit will mean passengers are willing to move to the back and that the narrow aisle will no longer be of such a hindrance to bus unloading. The only drawback would be fewer seats and perhaps a more difficult task for the bus driver to ensure that no commuters board from the rear most doors. Another solution would be to introduce 15m long buses.

carbikebus SG

Quickly buy those B7RLE SBST & Scania N320UD

wsy1234 SG

Citaro with rear end door, http://gomotors.net/Mercedes_Benz/Mercedes_Benz-Citaro.html#.UNfLFeTqmSo.

SBS9C SG

Citaro with rear end door, http://gomotors.net/Mercedes_Benz/Mercedes_Benz-Citaro.html#.UNfLFeTqmSo.

That have 3 doors. Alighting will be fast, but capacity will be lower. IMO 3 door buses only suitable for buses 14m and above for sg loading conditions.

dan474 SG

lesser seats will not appeal to commuters… already LF single decks have lesser seating then LE rigids… and LE rigids have lesser seats than high floor buses…

wsy1234 SG

deploy this type of bus to feeder bus service but remove the centre door.

vicamour SG

If you read at the article again, he wants the 3rd rear door to be completely stepless, which is almost impossible and very costly to build based on current technology.

However I feel removing more seats will turn out for more complaints instead.

lemon1974 SG

those professors/experts got take buses? ..... they only give their opinion based on what they think which are not feasible at all.

actually current design is ok lah. no need to squeeze so much ppl at the back. .easier to alight also...

charlize SG

Ghost writers.

For specific purposes.

vicamour SG

those professors/experts got take buses? ..... they only give their opinion based on what they think which are not feasible at all.

actually current design is ok lah. no need to squeeze so much ppl at the back. .easier to alight also...

I agree.

But I hope Mercedes Benz will widen the rear aisle a bit more for their new Citaro model so that SBST will have a better bus layout to buy for their future fleet acquisitions.