Weird, No destos on bus but with passengers
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Thsi morning at about 8.15am, I saw the long queue for SVC 154 and I thought the queue was from svc 179 but it was not. In the end, after I took SVC 249, I saw 2 svc 154 (Empty) (SBS 9047H and SBS 9800A) rushing towards BNL.Originally posted by brotherchen1982:Saw one 174 CAC Merc w/o destos zoom past & had to wait for abt another 10-15 mins for a 174 Scania K230UB to board & both bus reached Boon Lay Temp Int together...
Also saw 2 Express 506 Mk 4 buses w/o desto zooming along Jurong Town Hall Rd bef during PM Peak... -
1st day of schoolOriginally posted by chickenlittle2:Thsi morning at about 8.15am, I saw the long queue for SVC 154 and I thought the queue was from svc 179 but it was not. In the end, after I took SVC 249, I saw 2 svc 154 (Empty) (SBS 9047H and SBS 9800A) rushing towards BNL.
PIE massive jam -
Not just the whole stretch of Whitley towards Bukit Timah, but also Hwa Chong area and Blackmore area.Originally posted by sbst275:1st day of school
PIE massive jam -
Today's jam is much worse. It took more than 1 hour from Jln Toa Payoh to Ngee Ann Poly on Sv154 that i was on. The other Sv151 mk2 and sv174 had their desto removed/eds cleared but not the DD i was on.Originally posted by Scania:Not just the whole stretch of Whitley towards Bukit Timah, but also Hwa Chong area and Blackmore area. -
Some reasons
The traffic timing at Whitley Rd junction when PIE (Jurong) & PIE (Changi) traffic converge... Sometimes there's alrdy no car from the latter side yet the traffic light is still green... yet the former side very fast turns red
Parents attitude... some die die wanna lengthen the queue to drop off their kids at the pouch area
Violation of traffic regulations: Blocking the yellow junction totally, rampent for SCGS kids parents -
yes! that traffic light is a nightmare. 105 132 151 154 156 et al frequently get stuck thanks to the light turning red WAY too fast, while sometimes 2-3 190s can get past that junction thanks to the super long green light for their side of road.Originally posted by sbst275:Some reasons
The traffic timing at Whitley Rd junction when PIE (Jurong) & PIE (Changi) traffic converge... Sometimes there's alrdy no car from the latter side yet the traffic light is still green... yet the former side very fast turns red
Parents attitude... some die die wanna lengthen the queue to drop off their kids at the pouch area
Violation of traffic regulations: Blocking the yellow junction totally, rampent for SCGS kids parents -
and it makes PIE b^%&%& unsafe
cos cars stopping at expressway to wait for signal to turn green -
Originally posted by SBS9889U:
several batch 2 VO3x on 74 went off service:
Today's jam is much worse. It took more than [b]1 hour from Jln Toa Payoh to Ngee Ann Poly on Sv154 that i was on. The other Sv151 mk2 and sv174 had their desto removed/eds cleared but not the DD i was on.[/b]
SBS9589K and SBS9534T are 2 of them. following some VO2x also went off service... -
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Can SBS explain the practice of 'service plate changing'?ON WEDNESDAY, at around 7.35pm, I waited for service 51 at a bus stop in Sims Ave, outside an old community centre. Frustratingly, the bus did not arrive until 8pm but it did not accept passengers even though there were very few passengers in it. The next service 51 (SBS 9626L) arrived at around 8.15pm. I boarded the bus and asked the driver what happened.
According to him, the previous bus had 'fan1 pai2' or, in English 'turned over the plate (that indicates the service number)'. This means that the bus would not pick up new passengers but would allow passengers in the bus to alight.
As a result, he said, the bus was carrying two loads of passengers, one from the previous service 51. Additionally, he told me that he had been told to 'fan1 pai2' too and, right before my eyes, he turned the plates (at the front of the bus and at the side, next to the entrance) over to conceal the service number. From that point until the terminal at Hougang, no more new passengers were allowed to board.
I had to wait around 40 minutes for the bus and, presumably, people waiting for this service ahead of me could end up waiting longer.
I also saw a number of passengers at bus stops asking the driver to let them board the bus in vain, even though by that time the bus did not have many passengers (these passengers probably guessed that it was service 51).
I called the various SBS hotlines for assistance but there was no one manning the lines, as if there were too few passengers after office hours to justify the use of an operator.
I find this practice of 'fan1 pai2' unacceptable and would like SBS to explain.
Also, given that it is a busy time and period, why has SBS not increased the frequency of the service to cope with the heavy traffic?
Wong Jock Onn
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Originally posted by lemon1974:
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Also, given that it is a busy time and period, why has SBS not increased the frequency of the service to cope with the heavy traffic?
Wong Jock Onn
More manpower needed and that mean more money needed. Heavy traffic can help by installing more ERP lor.. -
Increase the freq during that period doesnt mean would solve the problem,in fact more resources are wasted just to satisfy some commuters.Not happy then ask LTA to allow private operators to run parallel lor
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Installing more ERP does not help leh, best is private bus lane... Fine those who go inside heavily..