Just came back
Dunno wat's SLBP really doing. Not a single 179A appeared.
By the time I gave up observing, a total of 400 ppl were
stranded at NTU. Outside I saw so many empty 241 towards Jurong N9,
brunching somemore.
It's back to square one.
I bet SLBP is only dispatching 50% of the planned capacity onto
179.
I dun understand why SLBP love to dispatch buses onto 179
instead. It ends up those ppl who stays at Jurong N7, N8, N6
deprived of a chance to board the bus. If they more garang dispatch
more 179A by force, then those ppl and at Pioneer Rd Nth bus stop
has better boarding chances.
Like I've said, chicken n egg problem.
I dunno wat's w/ ppl at SLBP, as if it's so efficient to make
ppl wait 30 mins for 1 bus.
I believe you are talking about the PM Peak. I heard from some
BC that many of the 179s are stuck at NTU. The passenger volume was
recorded high but what can be done is to build longer bus
stops in NTU. Buses are usually late and can't get back on
schedule and also can't park at BNL for long time. What can be done
will be transferring 179 back to the temp int which is
impossible.
Similar incident also happen between the bus stop opp Clementi
MRT bound SIM/Ngee Ann in the morning and
vice-versa. I heard students complained that they had to wait
for close to 30 mins in the morning peak at Clementi to board a
bus. In the evening, students at Ngee Ann bus stop are
also left stranded at the bus stop. Part of the reason is
also the Jam in the evening. With close to 5 services serving
along Clementi Rd, there are also similar incident in other part of
the schools. This can likely be solved if MRT could be
extend to these areas.
Empty 241 will occur from BNL to N9 and brunching was due to the
previous bus was late. I had observed this trend where the 179 S or
E shift buses start their crossover to 241 are late and caused
such problem. There are also notable high capacity between 4 -
5pm from N9 to Pioneer/BNL. Not to mention about the real business
from 6pm - 7.30pm.
