Originally posted by autumncs:
Yah I agree... The amendment is bad, esp for the students...
[b]Maybe SBST checked the ez-link records and monitored
the usage level of 57, and discovered that not many people alight
along the old route... So they just amend the route. But the
problem is, students often tap when they board, but don't tap when
they alight. Hence the usage level along Whitney Rd & Bk Timah
Rd is not captured by ez-link and SBST assumes that very few people
use those roads.
This was the problem when SBST withdrew service 85 during the NEL
rationalisation. A lot of students in Sengkang and Hougang depended
on 85 to go to school, but the usage level was not captured because
students only tap in but never tap out. So SBST assumed nobody
needed 85 and withdrew the service. In the end, students and
parents complained, and SBST finally introduced 119 to cover part
of the old 85 route......[/b]
That's the prob of relying on the ez-link system too much...
But as for 119, see now, 15 - 18 mins freq so that ADDs can be
deployed 
