So what would you propose to make people less lazy and more
considerate? Would you tell the auntie whos holding 3 bags of
groceries, the senior who have difficulties walking straight, or
the primary school kids who might fall off the stairs to move
upstairs? These are the people who take feeder services often, and
these factors are not directly within the bus co's control.
Selecting different types of vehicles however, are within their
control.
As for bendy buses, theres much more incentive for people to
move to the rear, as theres no steps to climb, and theres also a
exit door. Remember that the purpose of bendy buses are to move
high passenger volume over short distances. Of course no one ask
them to throw it on longer distance trunk services like 190 where
people take for a long distance. I would then agree with you that
would be a waste of road space, and yet not effectively using the
vehicle.
How much parking space do you need to run a fleet of bendies for
feeder services? What needs to be done is to reduce bendy fleet
size, not eliminate them totally.
Problem is, would people want to move to the rear??? Even a
normal single decker bus, people won't want to move beyond the
door, then how about a half filled bendy bus that waste the road
space of 2 buses???
As mentioned above in your post for the people who needed the
seats more, would they even want to walk beyond the back trailer???
If these people need more seats than us, why do even the younger
and more able bodied people don't give up their seats to them by
moving up? Does it kill to exercise a bit when these group of
people are more mobile? Nowadays people walk a bit complain this
and that already, not like people last time. And not all old people
can't climb the stairs. Those who are still strong and healthy
would rather climb the stairs to have a seat or to avoid the crowd.
And for children/students, many of them would prefer to climb up
and sit around with their friends rather than standing. As long as
they are not rowdy and treat the bus as a playground, why would
they fall down?
Regarding to parking space, just look at the parking space
needed for big interchanges like Woodlands and Boon Lay as
comparison??? The bendy lots that take up the space can at least
park more numbers of 12m buses.
