can i play? lol
1. Where do 243 199 operate from? Which part of Singapore is
this?
>>deep west Boon lay. Jurong West N8 9 and 7
vs NTU/NIE.
2. With reference to previous question, do you think people who
work in other parts of Singapore had to get up earlier in order to
reach office on time? If no, why?
>> yes. jams still occur. if i stay in BPJ and work in JRE
i will still wake up earlier due to jam at Jurong Ttown hall rd or
BBt Pnajang rd.
3. Where does 199 serve? Does it have a niche market to cater
to? If no, explain.
>> it has niche market. NTU/NNIE student repporting to
school.
4. With reference to Q3, do you think putting more buses on it
before 0800hrs do any good to the service? Why?
>> Will be good so as to cater to the crowd.
5. Do you think we should simply eliminate crossover services and
just plant them as split shifts that stay on their own service?
Explain.
>> Crossovers are Euroepan style. i like.
>> You cna plant split shift on their own service yes but if
the demand loads on 243 after 8am means it no need the bbus to work
on 243 already why not bring the bus over to 199 to cater the THE
SHIFT IN DEMAND CROWD.?
- manny crossovers are designed to move with the crowd
demand. For example from town to JRE crowds are on
services like 105. Crowds come home oso cna take MRT. . Say,
after work i take MRT to JRE from raffles Place. ists train
at 545pm. . i alight say around 630pm. My demand now shift to
my feeder service like 334. Thats where the 105/334 gassy crossover
comes in to meet my shift in demand. hence i coin the term -
demand moveing crossover. Crossovers that move in
tandem with crowd demands.
ZYX
Q1: ok la somewhere there la.. basically this qns is an
introductory question to the other 4 questions. There's no way you
can get it wrong unless you dont know the route.
Q2: Well to put it in a broader perspective, if the fella works in
the east he has to take the 0545 bus from his place to Boon Lay
then take train to Bedok Tanah Merah etc. Starting work at 8am at a
workplace rather far from Boon Lay would warrant a wake up time of
latest 0545hrs.
Q3: Yes it has a niche market
Q4: What crowd do you have who wishes to reach NIE/NTU before
0730hrs? The frequency is 9-10min before 0720hrs, 5-7min after
that. That's when the xover comes in. A person will gain from
better frequency if they wanna reach school at 8am.
Q5: You explained enough think I got nothing much to add on.
Okay, I will reply ur question:
1. 243- BNL to JW N7 (wit both plates) 199- BNL to NTU. West
side (Near Tuas)
2. Yes. If their work starts at around 8am, they should wake up
early in order not to be late sue to traffic jam.
3. NIE, part of NTU (Most of NTU are supplied by old 199 routes-
currently 179). Not really. It is because 199 covers minority of
NTU route.
4. Yes. People who need to go work no need to wait longer for a
bus.
5. No. Currently, there are lacking of drivers. So, SBST wants
some of BC 2 familarise with 2 routes. 1 pro
Btw, thanks 4 ur concern.
Q1: I wouldn't say its near Tuas cos it doesnt cater to people
going to Tuas by any case.
Q2: yes you get the hang of it. See my comment above for ZYX's
answers.
Q3: The fact is yes 199 covers a small portion of where 179 covers
but the niche market isnt NTU students. NTU students have an
alternative near Canteen 1 to take them to Boon Lay, but with super
good freq of 179/179A, you think they would take 199?
Q4: You prefer buses running half empty? Freq for 199 is 9-10min
before 0720hrs from Boon Lay and 5-7min thereafter. I believe its
sufficient to cater to the crowds as people who report to NIE at
8am will come in after 0720hrs at Boon Lay. If they're early then
early lor.. Besides they come from everywhere in Singapore how
early you want them to reach? 6.30am?
Q5: Its always an advantage for BCs to know as many routes as
possible. This creates flexibility for the starter to assign the BC
to a route if that route has not enough BCs for the morning.
You can answer these questions rather satisfactorily. I believe
your problem is that you dont realise the changes in demand pattern
for the various services, in particularly the xover hubs in
Singapore. Boon Lay and Clementi has all along been a xover hub for
many years due to its proximity to industrial, residential areas
and tertiary institutions.
These 2 243/ 198 buses replace 2 KUB perms (SBS8043Y &
SBS8044A) which r doing 198/272 x-over. Coz 198 BCs oso know
how to drive 272 route.
let me give you some timing details. This would be sufficient to
show you that the 243/198 xovers are additions and not
replacements. Anyway all along 198 buses has been doing 272 for
years. Main reason is the meal break for 272 drivers. Since the
meal break for 272 drivers is after AM Peak, its impossible that
the 243 buses is operating on 198 without the 198/272 buses.
As said on this forum a few times, the 2 243 buses do 198
downroute from Jurong Polyclinic to Bt Merah at 0801 and 0809hrs.
They reach Bt Merah approx 1hour later.
During this time, one 198/272 bus is approching Boon Lay before
departing there at 0826hrs to Bt Merah, before doing 272
thereafter. The other xover bus departs Bt merah at 0745hrs,
arriving at Boon Lay 0902hrs. This bus serves 272 during PM
Peak.
