Bus stops

BonJovi SG

hey pple!!.....is there sumthing lacking abt our bus stops??? wad do u all, as bus fanatics tink a bus stop shld haf? wad do u all hope our bus stops shld haf….c’mon..indicate ur dream bus stops…REPLY!!!!!!!!!

service_238 SG

did a project on this..

cafe.. arrival times.. piped-in music... comfortable seats..

that's about it

BonJovi SG

For arrival times.....we can actualli make use of the current GPS ezlink card system rite? but y is SBS doing nothing?

FireIce SG

a mini bar counter kinda thing serving cold drinks
air-con
a display panel showing which bus is coming in how many mins
outdoor wireless surf zone

most importantly, dun raise fares

JJxJJ SG

Laughing

^tamago^ SG

it's not impossible u noe, but most probably it will be realised only at the busiest and most popular bus stops. in fact, such concepts are alrd realised in some ways. take heeren bus stop. old chang kee, buzz news stand and nydc cafe are within walking distance from the bus stop. ur idea can actually be easily realised by putting a drinks vending machine at every bus stop, but it is probably whether there is enough demand or not. water cooler machines sounds cool, but i have a feeling ppl might steal them wholesale in the middle of the night to use at home. hahas.

as for air-con, i dun think so. fan will most prob be available. tis is due to:
- fear of abuse of bus stops as homeless shelters
- need for security as the bus stop will become a private area
- difficulty in control and prevention of smokers in the air-con area
- economical reasons

regarding the display panel, the technology is there, the system can be deployed in less than 2 years or even less than a year. in fact, there were talk tat SBST would launch such a system named SBS OnTime, but later LTA decided to take over the project and include SMRTB in it. however, bus companies have chose not to support its implementation as they could not agree on who should foot the bill (LTA, SBST, SMRTB or private sector), and whether tis shld be passed on to commuters through the increase of fares. an alternative is being tested now for service 518 where you can use your singtel mobile to get the ETA by dialling *655. however, it is not free, but probably the most cost-effective and economically viable.

as for outdoor wireless surfing, it might be possible, but who wants to administer it is another issue. currently, it is not cost effective to set up WLAN at every bus stop as the range of a typical WLAN access point of 100-300m means a ad-hoc network of WLAN access points fitted at each bus stop communicating with each other is not possible unless ground cables are laid connecting the bus stops, and tis will raise the cost of deployment significantly as roads have to be dug and cables laid. tis is due to the fact that the typical stop-to-stop distance is about 400m. however, i do envisage tat if they are going to lay such a network to support a real-time arrival time system, WLAN surfing can become a gd business idea to help defray the cost of deploying a WAN cabled network and generate revenue.

WJTW SG

Wireless surfing is not exactly practical. Most of the time one would not have any time to do much surfing before the bus arrives. Yes, it is useful as a way to kill time, but 'killing time' is not reason enough to spend money on wireless systems. Leave this implementation to the restaurants and airports instead.

The other suggestion of snack stalls and newstands are feasible, although they apply more to bus-stops in busier areas.

For less busy areas, one of the things I think might be useful would be that fans be installed in the stops. Temperatures are high most of the time, and not to mention rising temperatures in the passengers who have waited for the past half-an-hour.

Comfortable seats, as someone else suggested, is something useful, too. The upgrading of the bus-stops some time ago did nothing to make seats more comfortable. Some bus-stops have metallic seats, and others even have those bench-like seats with no back-support (the metallic ones, at least, have the ad-boards as support). If I am not mistaken, the taller of the two metal seats has its bench tilted slightly, and if not for the grooves, people would have slided down, or have much pressure applied to their legs to prevent it.

And how about better rain-shelter? I know it isn't possible to block out rain completely, given that rain can be sprayed at an angle, but some bus-stops i have encountered even have rain water dripping through gaps in the joints between the covered walkway and the bus-stop. The drains that bridge the gaps between the roofs of the shelter and walkway don't seem to work all the time, even...

Just my views. Smile

WJTW

sBs_boy SG

IMO..
- Good and Comfortable seats.. (suitable for all ages..)
- Fans...
- Just put up a ETA for all buses.. thats enough..
- TV mobile..??
- Vending Machine
- Announcement System.. (e.g. Bus Service 147 has been delayed due to Heavy Traffic at Upp Serangoon Rd.. OR.. the last Bus for 147 will be leaving in ET 2359hrs)

b3nd d0wn SG

no advertisement (a fat hope maybe Mr. Green )
for the new bus stops, please make the light dimmer in the evening & morning- it's too bright

Acx1688 SG

A bus stop should display bus service info which is sadly lacking in Singapore, bus stop info is only available at major bus stops in the city and selected ones at suburbs, the most heartburn is that the last bus arrival time is not that accurate.
In HK, 95% of bus stops have the relevant info ie. bus fare, route destination. Even in the bus itself, (KMB Aircon buses in Gold Livery) for instance has bus stop arrival annoucement & next bus stop Electronic Display Panel in Mandarin & English in the buses, in addition to the route destination info displayed permanently in the buses.
Our SBS svc have the route leaflet available, but how often do you see them? they either not topped up by the BCs or dun even have the rack for it (some sv36 do not have racks)