Premier Bus Service...

• ahbrown

  5 Dec 04, 21:04

  hello guys... need ur help for my project.
  
  wat do you expext from a bus interior furnishing if u are paying premier fares (eg 30-50% more than normal fares) for the service?
  
  cleaner bus? better lightings? perfumed bus? greetings from drivers? or other visual improvements? anything also can.
  
  
• yoongf

  5 Dec 04, 21:53

  Depends on whether the bus service is for public bus services, factory bus, CBD type express service, or tourist bus, or school bus?
  
  What's the focus?
• ahbrown

  6 Dec 04, 20:50

  public service... juz a variant to its parents service.
  
  so wat u guys expect the bus to have? other than its faster.
• yoongf

  7 Dec 04, 21:35

  Unlike tourist coaches where the travelling time is in the hours, which makes a comfortable journey highly valued, public transit is relatively short.
  
  I believe commuters will only pay a premium for a shorter travelling time. If SMRT trains can get away with cushionless side facing seats, lesser seats, and even worse.. no drivers on the LRT, then.. it goes to show.. such frills on transport modes are not valued.
  
  Even the existing Express Service buses which charges a premium, are using the same buses as the any other trunk service. Given the current regulatory environment, itÂ’s unlikely that such frills will result in more spending by the commuter.
  
  But if I have to answer the original question.. I would say.. a smaller bus and the guarantee of a seat. A small bus means lesser passengers which means lesser stops, which means a shorter travelling time. Small buses also tend to zip around easier, can take advantage of opportunities to chiong!
  
• ahbrown

  8 Dec 04, 22:09

  
  
  thanks for ur help....
  
  u work in any of the 2 major bus coy?
  
• yoongf

  9 Dec 04, 09:53

  Nope... but got insider knowledge.