Most of services at the vertical berths are suffering shortage
problems. SBST should move service 79, since it is a loop
service, to the sawtooth berths, which at least give one lot
to 30 and 249. Quite a waste to see 2 empty lots most of the times,
while other services are struggling with parking lot woes.
The four bendy slots are rather redundant as most most the
time they are under utilised or unused. Rather convert them to
normal parking lots to park more 12m buses instead of wasting the
already smaller new interchange. Bendies can park in the parallel
lots since SMRT parks the buses there.
The old temporary Boon Lay interchange looks rather
deserted with only a few Volvo VOs and Scania KUBs. Wonder
when SBST is moving 179 and 199 over to the new one.
agree with you on the bendy lots part. the 3 lots are marked so
wide that I think they can accomodate 4 buses without problems.
with the impending shift of 179 179A and 199 they should start
trying to make space. during peak hours there are usually 1-2 lots
available, sometimes none even. during peak 179+199 already have
about 6-7 buses parking at once (from observation at old int).
also, I find it interesting the old interchange only had 58 lots
while they have 60 now.
I am thinking other than the SMRT lots at the end, it may make
space a bit tight, but they can draw more parallel lots along the
road leading to the exit of the sawtooth side. disadvantage is all
buses parked in the original 30 lots will have to reverse out of
the lots...
