(Before I continue, let me just announce that I'm
back here on five-day trial/self-imposed probation after my
self-imposed exile. If all goes well enough, I
may decide to stay
and keep posting. For those who don't know what happened, don't ask
what happened. For those who do, I expect you to keep quiet, at
least in public.)
I’d say posts on STOMP usually have 0% substance
and 100% sensationalism.
As for chinese words on EDS…. i’d say it’s as good
as impossible because current EDS details are stored
as text… logos like “SBS Transit”, “Fast Forward” and 恭喜发财 are few
and hard to come by.
I agree - STOMP is pretty much nothing but junk food news and
yellow journalism.
Back to the topic on destos, I have floated this idea around in
my mind for a while now. It might not be implemented anytime soon,
if ever, but do hear me out.
In the 1970's and 1980's, buses had a front small desto in
addition to a side desto and the main front desto. This system was
discontinued a long time ago but persists on a few exceptional bus
routes (those that ply Bukit Purmei Avenue, for example). What I'm
thinking of is to have a small desto, either in the form of a small
plastic sign or an LCD/OLED screen, that indicates the type of bus
route, whether it's terminating, green/white plate, and so on. To
do this, Singapore's bus system will have to adopt the
"Local/Express" nomenclature - "Local" buses referring to basic bus
routes in our system (i.e. trunks, basic plus, feeders, and
intra-towns), and "Express" referring to our express and Fast
Forward routes. The destos will be of different colours for
different situations, which I will list below:
Bishan St 11
Sin Ming Ave
...on it's desto, while route 410W may have something
like...
Bishan St 22
Sin Ming Avenue
...on it's desto.
The system may sound complicated, but is actually quite simple
to understand and could help lower or prevent cases of route
mix-ups. Note how I used colours to indicate the type of bus route,
as well as it's directionality and status in some cases, which
could help the illiterate or partially-literate (for example, those
who understand only Chinese) to help better differentiate the bus
routes.
