Full standing bus/train..?

• patdog112

  22 Apr 07, 16:07

  should bus or train have full standing service during peak hours?
  
  did smrt have this trial few years back?
• NickL_C151

  22 Apr 07, 21:15

  bro, this is bus forum. anyway, buses would be crazy to do this while trains would be possible. take Japan for example. 15 coaches, all standees. for mrt, there are still 8 seats remaining near the couplers, like the skytrain.
• gingerbreadman

  22 Apr 07, 21:40

  I heard in Japan they have separate carriages for the ladies during the peak hour...
  
  
• eX.A.K.R.

  22 Apr 07, 22:47

  I suppose that this will never ever work in Singapore, seeing how Singaporeans treat seats like they are the most important treasure in the universe, and how obnoxious, greedy, and selfish they are .
  
  But I know that it works, at least in Japan. The Yamanote Ring line, a commuter rail line that operates like a subway looping through Tokyo, has trains with "cattle cars"; these have six doors per side (normal is four per side, like our MRT), and they run without seats during peak hours to pack in more people. I think it works most probably because Japanese people (again, at least, but I notice this in many other foreigners too) don't really care too much about seats - I still remember when I was on a route 54 bus once which was partially empty; there were these Japanese ladies who boarded the bus but didn't take the seats, but stood at the standing area (I was on a MB O405 bus) all the way from the Orchard area until somewhere near Liang Court.
• ^tamago^

  23 Apr 07, 07:47

  Originally posted by gingerbreadman:

  I heard in Japan they have separate carriages for the ladies during the peak hour...
  
  

  yes but it's still not full standing/seating.
  
  anyway they are on tokyo subways, usually the last car of the trainset running into tokyo during morning peak only.
• alwaysdisturbed

  23 Apr 07, 08:10

  though i object to any full standing buses or trains not because i want to sit lar.
  
  but how about those elderlys when we are facing an aging population.
  next is that its not right since we are facing an ever increasing transportation fares increment.
  
  edit: yet, i won't be surprise if it happens.
• Ah Cek

  23 Apr 07, 08:48

  shld be all seated, no standing
• NickL_C151

  23 Apr 07, 19:12

  Talking about this, we should have "Green Cars" like Japan too. Want a seat? A CONFIRMED seat? Pay more. Or simply:
  
  *toot*
  Seat folds out.
  
  Senior Citizens and pregnant ladies would tap their cards to get free seats, so maybe we'll need a new Pink ez-link card for the ladies.