Actually, when I was coming up with this bus route through the
midst of my insanity, I was thinking about places that lack bus
routes or have a high number of complaints about the bus service
there, and Sembawang, Choa Chu Kang Way, Teck Whye, and the newer
areas of Bukit Panjang came onto my radar. And while mapping out my
route, I decided to make it go through another problematic area -
the industrial area around Woodlands Avenues 10 and 9, as well as
linking it up with Republic Polytechnic.
As for the big loop around Bukit Panjang - well, I initially made
it worse by making it go round Bukit Panjang Ring Road - which not
only means bigger loops, but near-exact LRT duplication, which will
just won't work; I made it go right through the heart of the newer
area of Bukit Panjang, where the LRT doesn't serve directly, so to
make it more worthwhile. My route strategy here was to have my new
route go beyond the town centre to double up as a feeder route,
then backtrack to the town centre to use it as a convenient
terminating point - we already have a few bus routes doing that (54
and 980, anyone? 
). Those wanting to go to the town
centre while wanting to avoid the big loop would get off at the bus
stop along Bukit Panjang Road.
A slightly modified route 982, after taking in some of your
suggestions, as well as thinking about it:
Sembawang Vista, Canberra Road, Admiralty Drive, Woodlands Avenues
10/9/2/1/3 (in that order), Woodlands Road, Kranji Road, Kranji
Loop, Sungei Kadut Drive, Choa Chu Kang Way, Choa Chu Kang Avenue
4, Choa Chu Kang Drive, Teck Whye Avenue, Choa Chu Kang Road, Bukit
Panjang Road, Bukit Panjang Ring Road, Jelapang Road, Saujana Road,
Fajar Road, Bukit Panjang Ring Road, and Petir Road.
or
Sembawang Vista, Canberra Road, Admiralty Drive, Woodlands Avenues
10/9/2/1/3 (in that order), Woodlands Road, Woodlands Road, Sungei
Kadut Avenue, Choa Chu Kang Way, Choa Chu Kang North 6, Choa Chu
Kang Avenue 4, Choa Chu Kang Way, Choa Chu Kang Avenue 1, Teck Whye
Avenue, Choa Chu Kang Road, Bukit Panjang Road, Bukit Panjang Ring
Road, Jelapang Road, Saujana Road, Fajar Road, Bukit Panjang Ring
Road, and Petir Road.
The difference is the routing around the Kranji, Yew Tee and Choa
Chu Kang parts. The former goes up to Kranji and skips Yew Tee
station, while the later skips Kranji but serves Yew Tee station.
Two other possibilities would be to make it serve both Kranji and
Yew Tee station, or skip both of them altogether.
For both versions, I tried to make it more worthwhile around
Marsiling by making it serve areas not served by the station, but I
found it hard not to make it circuitous without skipping the Civic
Plaza, so that suggestion has to go.
Thoughts?
