uhhh.. it would be senseless for me to make transfers just to
get to orchard or town from home as i live in bukit panjang which
has tons and tons of direct buses to town.
for example to orchard, i wouldn't take 184 or 75 to bukit timah
and transfer to 174 or 77 whereby i can take 190 or 700 to orchard
directly and it saves time too.
and to marine parade/potong pasir i can take 966 instead of
taking 190 to town and transfer to 16 or NEL respectively.
another example was for people in AMK to get to hougang. They
will have direct buses and they prefer to take that rather than
taking NSL to Dhoby Ghaut and transfer to NEL to Hougang?
making the 60% pay more in favour of the 40% doesn't seem right
as most people prefer direct buses in my opinion.
And CCL only had 3 train carriages, which means less capacity.
If bus routes along CCL were to be axed or shortened, i would liken
the situation to a fully packed train every time?
this definetely spell troubles for us ahead. xD
Using your example, it is still possible to make transfers
though it may seem senseless. It all depends on the situation that
one is in. Suppose if several 190 buses that come are packed
to the door especially for the case at Bt Panjang Rd Blk 270, one
can consider taking 960 to Bt Timah Rd and transfer to 171 or
700 if 960 buses are not full in the first place. Notice
that the route runs very similar with 700.
As a result, demand can be spread across several neighbouring
services.
