Public transport operators SBS Transit and SMRT have improved 22 bus services in the last three months, said Land Transport Authority (LTA). (Yahoo! file photo)
In an ongoing quarterly review, LTA found that both PTOs have made improvements such as deploying higher capacity buses or adding more bus trips to increase frequency and capacity along sectors that experience consistent heavy ridership.
SBS Transit has added more bus trips to bus services 7, 36, 57, 98 and 109 and deployed more double-decker buses during the morning and evening peak periods on services 6, 43, 45, 98, 197, 85 and 334.
25-year-old student Edmund Chia felt that the double-decker buses on 334 are a good improvement since this bus passes through many neighbourhoods and is always crowded when departing from Jurong East Interchange.
“Even though it will save me five to 10 minutes of walking, I don’t take it because it’s so crowded. Ever since I can remember, 334 has always been single and very crowded,” said Chia.
Additional bus trips and double-decker buses are also added on bus service 52. In addition, SBS Transit has introduced new short trips on services 53A, 198A and 240A to better cater to peak period demand along specific stretches of these bus routes. Details of these new short trips can be foundhere.
SMRT has added additional trips on service 811 during the morning peak period. 811 will also see an additional bus during the morning and evening peak periods. More trips have been added on service 962 during the afternoon off-peak hours while more buses have been deployed for service 966 during the morning peak period.
22-year-old student Nur, who takes 962 daily felt that the service has not improved at all in terms of frequency and capacity.
“It’s about a 15 to 20 minute wait in between buses and because there are more than five schools along the bus route, it would always be crowded, even in off-peak periods,” said Nur.
A higher-capacity bendy bus has been deployed for services 106 and 971E during the morning peak period and service 700 during the morning and evening peak period.
SMRT has also begun operating an additional trip on service 77 to increase the capacity for commuters travelling from the Toh Tuck Road area to Bukit Batok bus Interchange during the morning peak period.
*back into the abyss of death*
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