Tuesday, January 08, 2008

Public Transport Guide

The Public Transport Guide is sold in Popular Bookstores for $6.42. I wish to share this story on its usefulness.

I have to attend a 1 day event at Ulu Pandan CC today. I have the choice to drive there as I live quite far away. This means paying parking charges for 1 day.

I decided to try MRT but was not sure about how to get there. I looked at the Public Transport Guide and select page 6 (Queenstown). I guessed that the nearest MRT station was Buona Vista. Indeed it was. From there, the guide indicated that I could take bus 92 to my destination.

I found that the distance from the station to the destination. was quite short, so I have the option to walk the last leg.

The advantages of this Public Transport Guide are:

a) It also acts as a street directory
b) It is easy to locate he bus service
c) It is light and can be easily carried

I have suggested to LTA to display a map in each MRT station and bus stop showing the street directory and bus stops within 3 km. I hope that they will take my suggestion. It will be convenient for commuters who do not have the street directory with them.

Some people are not familiar with using a street directory. They can ask for advise from another person at the station or bus stop.
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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

For people who don't have the public transport guide. They can check online. Below is one of the example.

http://www.sbstransit.com.sg/journeyplan/step1.aspx

January 08, 2008 8:36 AM
Khiat Han Hwee Adrian said...

Hope there will be a transport guide for PDAs soon.

There are street directories, but not transport guide where bus numbers can be seen easily.

January 08, 2008 11:58 PM
Anonymous said...

I have some time ago given some suggestion and feedback to the LTA but recently when I tried to do so by going thru the LTA website but it seems the feedback form is not so intuitive and user friendly. Is there a better way to give feedback that perhaps should be given more prominence on LTA website in order to encourage more feedback and dialogues with the public?

January 09, 2008 10:34 AM

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