An 'extreme lack of seats' is not a good justification for K230s
to be used only on feeders. K230s can be used on trunk services
whereby there are short sectors of high demand and since most
people are only taking the bus for a short distance, they wouldn't
mind standing. Let me cite a few examples.
1) Service 3 - During the evening peak from Tampines to
Punggol, the short sectors of high demand (full to the door a lot
of the time) are:
a) Tampines Interchange to Pasir Ris St 21 (people would stand
for 20 mins at most, but usually less)
b) Pasir Ris Central to Pasir Ris St 71 (people would stand for
10 mins at most)
2) Service 6 - The high demand is from Pasir Ris Interchange to
Loyang Industrial Estate during the morning peak and in the
opposite direction during the evening peak. It's a fairly short
journey whereby having K230s would be suitable and certainly
beneficial to both parties, namely SBST and the commuters.
Other good examples would include Service 17 (Pasir Ris
Interchange - Pasir Ris Dr 1 and Bedok Interchange to Bedok North
Ave 4), Services 18, 37, 38, 69 etc.
Dun let your personal dislike of K230s cloud your judgement.
Some longhaul services would benefit from having K230s deployed,
like the examples cited above. Instances of people complaining
about not being able to board the bus during peak hours would most
likely be reduced.
I am not saying that they should be purely feeder or what. Actually
I would suggest deploying them on only peak hours for certain
services. However, I did mention before that I don't mind
K230s on sv like 6, 18, 69, 38. Anyway, I am not the only
one who dislikes K230. jayh also tells me that he does not like
K230s.
