Why Singapore need DDs & why it's impractical to use bendies

carbikebus SG

Your views are most welcome and dun just hantam only ok

SMB228X SG

U hate bendy TO THE MAX!!

SBS and SMRT should get Citaro G and MAN Lion City G for faster board and alight!!!

phillipC SG

Obvously DD got more seats, no one want to stand for a 45 min from the west area to the city

SMB228X SG

Obvously DD got more seats, no one want to stand for a 45 min from the west area to the city

DD very slow travel more time! Bendy faster!!!

TIB1218R SG

DDs are suitable for express and long distance svcs..

carbikebus SG

I dont hate bendy u dumbnut I drive bendy before on 67 and I know how stress it is.Our drivers ain't gracious enough to give ample room for bendy,Then u expect bendy drivers drive like hooligan all days?Furthermore Sg road is ardy congested

SMB228X SG

But u never drive DD before!! Drive DD even more stress people stand upper deck u must go up tell them come down!!

TIB1218R SG

Its just few metres longer..

carbikebus SG

DD very slow travel more time! Bendy faster!!!

Fast go where?Then got xtra time last few stops gelek2 slowly till reach int?You are really gugujiaos

carbikebus SG

For SG it's more practical use DD u buahpelir

sbst275 SG

I alrdy said... many kids here dun know the bigger importance of speed control...

you keep on accelerate.. suddenly need to brake, you can't even brake in time cos your engine still got the acceleration power/ momentum...

later buang... Citaro somemore... so we say creepy Citaro buses... Good aceeleration but soggy brakes... lol

carbikebus SG

Its just few metres longer..

14.5m ardy ppl kpkb now 18m it's 6 m more than normal SD leh

phillipC SG

228 I salute u !

carbikebus SG

Tell u what SMB228X if smrt buy bendies I will run naked in front of you

SBS8501U SG

Tell u what SMB228X if smrt buy bendies I will run naked in front of you

That will take another year, importing of bendies is now too early btw.

vicamour SG

Some people just don't understand how things work here but still insist for their own sake and satisfaction.

Pathetic.

As I had said before. Unlikely they are buying bendy buses from now on.

2017 DTL is ready. 2017 is also the year the last batch of bendy buses will be deregistered. At most another year extension.

Once DTL is up, no need to use bendy buses, and some of these services may even be shortern or withdrawn. But I would prefer most of them to be retain with single deckers maintaining the services.

Go figure.

TIB433S SG

Some people just don't understand how things work here but still insist for their own sake and satisfaction.

Pathetic.

As I had said before. Unlikely they are buying bendy buses from now on.

2017 DTL is ready. 2017 is also the year the last batch of bendy buses will be deregistered. At most another year extension.

Once DTL is up, no need to use bendy buses, and some of these services may even be shortern or withdrawn. But I would prefer most of them to be retain with single deckers maintaining the services.

Go figure.

Even with this objective view, I would think there would still be a need for bendy buses. Especially for feeder/intratown/townlink and short inter-town routes, these kind of buses are more useful than double deckers. Why? Over a shorter distance, who would be willing to move up and down stairs of a bus? A bendy bus would be more practical, due to the accessibility to more doors. Also useful for high-loading services which may be unable to use doubledecks due to height restrictions.

Double-decks on the other hand should be used for the longer-distance routes, as there would be a higher chance of people staying onboard for a longer ride.

But of course, even with the bendy bus being only a memory soon, it would be nice to see more come in.. Only a dream.. Soon, we shall be like London..

vicamour SG

With QOC of bus services to be reviewed every year, bus service frequncies have to be improved time to time. By then, full single deckers are able to fulfill such quota instead. What is the point of having good frequencies with bendy buses and having them running half empty and yet takes up so much space in the bus stop and lanes?

Even SMRT now is using more single deckers to improve the frequencies for some trunk services and removing more bendy buses from them. And there is only a handful of bus services with low height constraints.

Using bendy buses doesn't mean they are fully utilised. Sometimes people don't even want to move into the trailer section of the bus. It defeats the purpose anyway and not practical as it waste road space running a half full bus. Your logic that people won't move up the upper deck for short trips is not true. Many commuters board the upper deck of Jurong West feeders. Even now 291 I can see more people moving up.

TIB1218R SG

Your logic that people don't want to move into the trailer section of bendy bus is not true. Many commuters move in to the rear for Yishun and Woodlands feeders. You should take them more often..

More people moving up. Then how about waiting them to come down ?

No_10_Tomas SG

A lot of places with height restriction also

Services which do not have DDs,

3, 11, 15, 16, 18, 24, 26, 27, 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 42, 48, 53, 57, 63, 66, 73, 82, 83, 84, 85, 92, 94, 100, 101, 103, 105, 123, 124, 125, 128, 130, 131, 135, 138, 142, 145, 155, 156, 158, 159, 160, 162, 170, 175, 191, 194, 195, 200, 226, 228, 231, 232, 235, 238, 261, 262, 265, 268, 269, 272, 273, 275, 282, 284, 292, 293, 315, 317, 325, 333, 335, 354, 358, 359, 372, 400, 401, 402, 403, 405, 410