21 Bus Services Improved, 255 More Weekly
Bus Trips Added
As part of the ongoing quarterly review process involving the
Land Transport Authority (LTA) and public transport operators, SBS
Transit and SMRT, 21 bus services have been improved between July
and September 2011.
These improvements include deploying higher capacity buses or
adding more bus trips to better match demand as well as to increase
frequency and capacity along sectors that experience consistent
heavy ridership. (Please refer to the Annex for a list of these bus
services). In total, 255 more weekly bus trips have been added in
the latest quarterly review.
SBS Transit has improved 15 heavily-utilised bus services in
this round of improvements. More bus trips have been added to six
bus services (43, 48, 131, 183, 200 and 410) while more double-deck
buses have been deployed on eight bus services (58, 60, 95, 168,
186, 243W, 291 and 249) during morning and evening peak hours. SBST
has also added more bus trips on Service 158 between Aljunied
Station and Tanjung Rhu during the morning and evening peak
periods.
SMRT has added more buses and trips to six heavily-utilised
services. On Service 922 and 966, one more bus has been deployed on
weekdays and weekends. A higher-capacity bendy bus has also been
deployed for Service 969 during peak periods. On Service 971E, one
bendy bus has been deployed during the morning peak period and two
more bus trips were introduced during evening peak hours to better
serve Bukit Panjang residents travelling home from the Central
Business District (CBD).
In addition to these improvements, SMRT added a "halfway on
service bus trip" on Service 106 to increase capacity for commuters
travelling from Bukit Batok East Avenue 3 to the Shenton Way
Terminal during the morning peak period. Additional trips on
Service 962 have also been deployed during weekdays this round.
With this latest round of improvements, the number of unique bus
services that have been improved since the quarterly review process
was formalised in June 2010 stands at 74, with some bus services
having been improved multiple times.
Mr Colin Lim, LTA's Group Director for Vehicle and Transit
Licensing, said: "As part of the ongoing review process, we are
pleased to announce further enhancements to public bus services.
The bus operators have rolled-out a high number of bus service
improvements this quarter. LTA will continue to work closely with
the bus operators to meet commuters' travel needs."
Mr Gan Juay Kiat, SBS Transit Chief Executive Officer, said:
"Commuters' travel patterns change all the time. This is why we are
constantly monitoring demand for our services and try our best to
make changes to bus schedules and frequency to better meet our
customers' needs. We will continue to do more."
Ms Kang Huey Ling, Vice President, SMRT Buses Ltd said, "SMRT
continually monitors demand of our bus services and we have been
improving capacity for services with high demand. Following our
earlier improvements to 10 services this year, we are now enhancing
the capacity of six more bus services. We remain committed to
improving our services to make public transport a choice mode for
commuters."
Source from SBST Website.
http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/press/2011-09-30-01.aspx