I believe the most ideal (regardless of which bus operator) is
to have bendy buses on busy feeder routes, while ADDs are deployed
on busy longer distance routes.
But looking at the ever shrinking new bus interchanges, I doubt
LTA is going to provide lots for bendy buses in
future. Using more rigid SDs for busy feeder routes is fine but I
think our bus operators got to bear in mind the need to purchase
buses that can allow greater crush load during peak hours. So far
only the low entry buses such as Scania KUB and
MB OC500LE can do that. Those “fully” low-floor buses
got such narrow aisles towards the rear that it can only accomodate
few standing pax. As there is also a step towards the rear seats, I
don’t see any difference between “fully” low-floor and low entry
bus models. And many people are avoiding those face-to-face seats.
How I wish the new SBST Citaros are low entry
versions!
Only the fully low floor Wrights are genuinely fully low
floor!
maybe let SBS operates all trunk routes and SMRTB operates all
feeder routes
current SMRTB trunk routes
61, 67, 75,
106, 167, 169, 171, 172, 173, 176, 177, 178, 180, 184, 187, 188,
189, 190, 700, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, 925,
926, 927, 950, 960, 961, 962, 963, 964, 965, 966, 969, 970, 971E,
975, 980, 981, 985 (46 services)
current SBS feeder routes
222, 225,
228, 229, 231, 232, 235, 238, 240, 242, 243, 246, 249, 251, 252,
254, 255, 257, 261, 262, 265, 268, 269, 272, 273, 275, 282, 284,
285, 291, 292, 293, 315, 317, 325, 333, 334, 335, 354, 358, 359,
372, 400, 401, 402, 403, 405, 410 (48 services)
SMRTB trunk routes hand over to SBS
SBS feeder services hand over to SMRTB
Originally
posted by SBS3688Y:
And many
people are avoiding those face-to-face seats.
Not an issue of face-to-face as lower deck of DDs are
face-to-face too.
Some passengers don't like to face backwards. Imagine a
bus design with all the seats backward facing