Any Bus Routes lovers out there?

last SG · 2007-08-11T21:13:37+00:00

so you want it to pass by the city.Heres the amended one.Clementi Ave 3 Commonwealth Ave West Clementi Ave 6 AYE Lower Delta Rd Delta Rd River Valley Rd Pate...

tanjun SG

Yup. Any bus route lovers out there? Any comments about our current bus routes in Singapore?

kengkia SG

there's no direct link between NE and NW...that's the main problem the dudes here are complaining abt... Laughing

tanjun SG

Yup. There is also no direct MRT line from NW to NE.

kengkia SG

there's BTL isn't it...thats in the future.... Crying or Very sad have to wait long long lor.... Mad Mad

tanjun SG

Besides that, there is no expressway too to link NW to NE. For example, if one wants to go from LCK to Punggol, he has to drive one big round if he wants to go via expressway.

Anyway, I just feel that most of the highest demand routes that SMRT has like 190 are previously from SBST. Like for 190, it is direct, straight towards from CCK to city. 180 too, takes a direct route via Bt Batok Rd to the western areas from Bt Panjang.

Routes like 88 goes a big round at the Hougang area when it is going from Sengkang to AMK.

kengkia SG

do u guys think it's possible to turn mandai rd into a expressway since there's no much buildings there except for zoo....and this expressway is a part of a expressway to link NW and NE... Very Happy is it feasible for now or future?

sinicker SG

drivers are already driving there like it's an expressway.

SLE(BKE) > Mandai Rd > BKE(PIE). it's way faster.

patdog112 SG

i wonder if tis will work out...?
A new bus service that ply between marina ctr to Bp INT
It may look deplucate.. but bp and cck loads are really scary during peak hrs...

Sv999
Marina Ctr Ter
Raffles Ave
Stamford Rd
Orchard Road
CTE
BALESTIER RD
WHITLEY RD
PIE/BKE/KJE
Woodlands Road
Choa Chu Kang North 6
Choa Chu Kang Dr
Choa Chu Kang St 62
Choa Chu Kang Way
Choa Chu Kang Rd
BP INT/LRT

Volvo Olympian SG

How you enter from Woodlands Rd to CCK North 6? Even the Stagmont Ring don't have right turn to Woodlands Rd.

patdog112 SG

can buses Uturn..?

if not

let it ply

PIE/BKE/KJE
Choa Chu Kang Dr
Yewtee stn
Choa Chu Kang St62
CCk Way
CCK road
BP INT

tanjun SG

The route is not bad. It helps to relieve the loads of 190 during peak hours. One problem is that the service goes one big round over yew tee area. So, I guess that this service probably benefits most of the residents staying at yew tee area cos residents residing at BP ill take 190 which is more direct.

tanjun SG

Once CCL is ready in around 2010, my fears are that some gd bus routes will be either withdrawn or shortened. Previously, there is a 502 that connects from sengkang to boon lay. From NE to extreme western areas.

kengkia SG

year it will take away/relieve pax from 190 at cck sector and like that 190 will end up shortened to BP isnt't it? Rolling Eyes

tintinspartan SG

Well, kinda liked the old 502 route from Hougang to Boon Lay. Well, no direct MRT from Punggol to Woodlands. Must make one big round. Well, at least I still got 161, 965 and 969. No wonder 969 and 965 are bloody packed:

People lazy to take the long MRT route. Laughing

patdog112 SG

tis bus is to serve ppl from cck yewtee area to bp area and CBD area to CCK heartlands Mr. Green

patdog112 SG

when the bukit timah mrt come out .. i am afraid that 190 will be withdrawn together wif 960 all of them

tanjun SG

Last thurs on the 9th Aug 07 during NDP cover, my senior medic tells me of how frustuated he thinks about the public transport in Singapore. Note that he is not angry but frustuated. He cycles to Bedok camp from his hse at Woodlands area. He said that from Bedok int to hougang stadium that area following 25, 854 route, he just need 30 mins. I was shocked, stunned and amazed. Of course, his cycling route involves cutting thorugh Kembangan estate into Jln Eunos.

There was once he used an 854 bus as a reference and he cycled from Bedok to Yishun during the evening peak hrs. He reached Yishun 15 mins before that particular 854 bus and he attributed that to many traffic lights, longer route and traffic jams along Jln Eunos area.

Looks like I should try cycling as a means of transport.

Y_Shun SG

dunno why but most of the buses nowadays stops at traffic lights =/

i took buses which stops at almost EVERY(9/10) traffic lights Laughing
guess another reason is because the BC is early and wants to slow down more...

patdog112 SG

190 route is flooded with traffic lights...

Some that takes a long time

1) The first one when the bus turn out of the interchange ... sometimes during peak need 5 to 10min for the bus to turn out

2) At the junction when the bus turn from teckwhye to cck road... another 5 to 10min during peak

3) Railway track plus ten mile junction there.... if tio train and traffic light need at least 10 min

of all these delays even xpress way buses like 190 need 1hr+ to reach town...

sBs_boy SG

Not that they are lazy.. Common sense will tell you that it doesnt make sense to go one big round on the MRT system.