Some suggested DTL3 amendments (again):
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Service 65
Rationale: To improve connections between Ubi / MacPherson and
Kg Ubi industrial estate, as well as with Kaki Bukit. Lost links on
east side covered by 21/22, and west side by 66. Plenty of
transfers en route as well. Only major miff is the lost direct link
to Orchard area, which is not backed up by DTL3.
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Service 66
Rationale: To reduce travel distance on 66 and link Chai Chee
with DTL3. For the lost stretch near Bedok Reservoir, links towards
Bedok are provided by 228, links to western Bedok Reservoir Rd and
Ubi Ave 2 are provided by 22. Other links further west up to Jln
Besar are provided by (modified) 65.
Service 66 (alternative)
Rationale: To connect Bedok North Ave 4 area with DTL3. Link
alternatives are as above. Though admittedly less desirable than
the above.
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Service 228
Rationale: With 66 no longer lining its route, 228 would gain
greater prominence and importance. Granted that some areas are
already close to Bedok North MRT, but it is still relatively
inconvenient for those staying near Telok Kurau Pri to cross over
and squeeze on board 60 towards the MRT, so this adds another
option. Also a loop across doesn't increase as much distance
compared to that lost by 66.
[However ... I'm not sure if the eastbound bus stop is directly
linked? It seems that it's the next one down the road that is.
Doing the loop the other way would cause 228 to skip the bus stop
at Blk 119 though.]
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Service 18
Rationale: To connect the hard-to-reach areas of Bedok North
with DTL3. Though this may result in a serious loading imbalance,
so probably short-trips could be deployed.
The lost bus stops at Bedok North Ave 2 could be covered by
amending 69 or 168, seeing that there are already many services
along Bedok North Ave 3.
Some comments:
There is no direct two-way road connection between Bedok North
MRT and Chai Chee (specifically you cannot go from Bedok North Rd
to Chai Chee St) so it would be challenging to link these two areas
up by bus. What might work best could be a modified svc 60 that
skips Bedok Int and loops around Chai Chee instead? (in b4 anyone
starts a lecture on the history of svc 60, this is just an
convenient example because svc 60 comes down Bedok North Rd and
terminates at Bedok Int)
Also since svc 66 is under TT now, it's not a good idea to
terminate it at BNDEP ...
The proposed new looping point for svc 228, I think it's best
done counter-clockwise (Jln Damai, Kaki Bukit Ave 1, Jln Tenaga) so
as to directly serve the MRT station (no great loss about the Blk
121 (not 119) stop though, people there can do an easy 5 mins walk
to the train station ...)
I think some of your other suggestions can be made with a single
route, svc 66, as follows:
Svc 66 from
Jurong East:
