Rather than waste money to buy a expensive citaro to pack the
passengers like sardin
may as well go for a NAC DD, larger capacity and more passengers
can sit comfortably at the top deck.
NAC buses save energy and electricity also and don't pollute the
atmosphere
depends how you define comfort
to me, comfort is not aircon...comfort is space...more sitting
space more comfortable
got aircon..but still have to squeeze squeeze in tight
space..also no use...movement so restricted..passengers say "excuse
me?! excuse me!", still have to make way for them if obstruct
them..want to sneeze and yawn also paiseh...very
uncomfortable...look at the morning crowd and you will
understand...squeeze until kiss the front door
MRT also
Last time because of MRT, buses have to go air con. If not,
at least 99% of Singaporeans will either complain or take MRT
only. Then bus will lose business. That's why bus services have to
change in the 1990s to have air con buses.
Comfort is space, but how much space do we have now to be
comfortable??? With the population keep on increasing every year,
you see more and more traffic jams, more and more people taking
buses and MRTs. More and more people squeezing into a bus than what
is in the 1980s. So how to have more space if more people squeeze
in the bus and you know how hot it can be when squeezing with so
many people in a NAC bus??? Now is not about the bus designs but it
is about how much more people are squeezing in a bus nowadays.
Please go and take bus more often.
I am also living in the era of non air con buses when young,
taking all kinds of NAC buses before like Volvo B57, Mercedes Benz
OF 1413 and OF1417, Leyland Victory, Albion Viking, Mercedes Benz
O305, Leyland Atlanteans, etc, etc. I will surely miss the NAC as
well when they are gone next year. But you have to know this, times
have change. If buses don't improve, they will be neglected one
day. Instead of giving such suggestions that will not change, go
cherish the rides of the last 30 NAC VO 2xes instead. 10 months is
very fast.
Citaro Passenger Capacity :
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bay : 1
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90
NAC DD Passenger
Capacity:
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131
Maximum loading for citaro is 90 passengers, majority (55) still
have to stand and squeeze. With a DD, these 90 passengers can all
be comfortably seated and there are still surplus of seating and
standing place
NAC DD passenger capacity is only about 80 to 90 passengers and
they are only 10.6m long. The one you mentioned above is ADD (Air
Con Double Decker), which is 12m long and can carry up to 131
passengers.
Your info is wrong.
Think like London DD only blower use ah?Depend on 2 axles length
lar.if 10.5m the must is 86 like dat,if 11.4m then it's more than
97
London buses use blowers instead of air con because the
weather there is not as hot as tropical Singapore.
For once, I agree with you. Just because bendies can't turn at
some parts of AMK and bishan doesn't mean they are bad. Feeders
like 800 804 etc needs them, So does services which are in high
demand like 106 and 190, just to name a few. For 969 they should
make one of it full day whereas for 169 3 is enough.
Now even more and more trunk services are using lesser bendies
which seems that SMRT had already know the problems caused by
bendies.
These services will be better off with more SDs and using DDs
when SMRT buys them in future. 
