Yesterday evening 6 pm at Haw Par Villa station, I spotted a
double decker train - with that I mean 7 buses back to back. This
was on the opposite stop to where I was, so could see all the
buses.
30 - Boon Lay (seated upper and lower deck with a few
standies)
10 - Kent Ridge Terminal (empty - nearing last stop - so
okay)
51 - Jurong East (50 pax)
51 - Jurong East (20 pax)
30 - Boon Lay (20 pax)
143 - Jurong East (5 pax)
143 - Jurong East (5 pax)
This is during evening peak. It is such a waste of resources
when buses bunch and the BCs just snail behind the buses ahead
rather than creating some distance in between.
Out of curiosity, I checked through iris the next bus
arrivals.
My argument is that if you see a bus of the same number ahead,
slow down so that you at least create a 3-5 minutes gap between the
next bus. In this case, the first bus becomes slow, the 2nd bus
becomes fast, creating a huge gap for the 3rd bus.
If a 3 minute interval is created, you at least carry more
passengers coming to the bus stop in the 3 minute interval.
Your thoughts? And your bus bunching experiences - post
here!!
I think the 2nd bus overtake 1st bus better... Better than
driving slow and people complaining....