Thursday, August 09, 2018

A new arrangement for bus services

Currently, we have over 300 bus services. Each service stops at every stop. A journey by bus can take 60 to 90 minutes from terminal to terminal.

I wish to suggest an alternative way to organize the bus services to cut down the number of services and to reduce the travel time.

1) The express services will run on the expressway and stop at the HDB and major towns along the way. The average distance between the stops is about 2 km. These express services can run at 5 to 10 mins interval.

2) Local services will connect the interchange to the local stops in each town. The local services can run at 3 min interval.

3) A big town may have a few interchanges linked to the expressways. It can have several local services to cover different parts of the town.

4) A typical journey will take a passenger to an interchange to take the express service to the destination or to change to another express service. The final journey is another local service.

5) Transfers from one bus to another is at the interchange and involves a short walk. It is easier than changing from bus to train.

6) The interchanges are also located next to MRT stations. The passengers can also change to a MRT line as part of the integrated journey.

7) This network of express services can act as a backup in the event of a breakdown of the train service.

8) The local services also bring passengers to the nearest train station.

9) I expect the travel time to be reduced in most cases, for people travelling by bus.

Tan Kin Lian

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