Originally posted by iamgoondu:
I am not familiar with Yew Tee, I am just surprised that Yew Tee
residents are comfortable with having just Townlink services 302
and 307.
One of the PTC requirements is all HDB residents must have
connections to Orchard Road and ChinaTown ...(not sure if MRT
consider as one of the possible linkage).
It definitely make alot of difference having trunk services running
into the estates, perhaps YT residents feel it is more convenience
to travel by train to Orchard and Chinatown than by buses.
If YT residents are comfortable with just train services, honestly
I doubt the Hougang, Serangoon, Sengkang and Ponggol should
continue to complaints...
If you know, Buona Vista and Ghim Moh terminals are just meters
apart, but why SBST not merging the two? Not getting all buses
terminating at BV or GM? (Not sure if it is because terminating
SBST 111 at BV will render SBST to violate the PTC ruling of having
all HDB residents accesss of services to Orchard Road). And we have
SBST 195 that loop at Commonwealth Drive rather terminate at BV,
SBST had heart even for a small estate like Commonwealth
Drive.
If BV and GM can have terminals which are just meters apart, why
couldn't we have a terminal at Yew Tee? The extension of 75, 77 or
970 to Yew Tee, may give YT residents at least a trunk service to
Orchard Road or CHinatown.
The size of Yew Tee is probably very much bigger than the size of
Dover, GM, Holland and Commonwealth, however their transportation
services are terribly bad.
By lumping YT as a neighbourhood of CCK, it is making YT residents
a disservice.
[b]A trunk service
should be provided for every 3,000 Dwelling Units (DUs) if there is
no MRT serving the town. If the MRT serves the town, a trunk
service should be provided for every 3,500
DUs.
Not sure if TIBS had violated such rules for YT residents.
[/b]
well......TIBS certainly had violated the rule big time for Nee
Soon East residents at 112,500 residents ( ie abt 4K per stop )by
having one pathetic feeder on some days!!
