LTA Central Planning (Phase I) – Splitting ultra-long routes
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Originally posted by SBS8032G:
New long distance bus services will no longer be introduced in S'pore
SINGAPORE : The days of long distance bus services in Singapore may soon be a thing of the past.
Second Minister for Transport, Lim Hwee Hua, said commuters can expect to rely more on short-haul buses that connect to train stations.
She said this during a ministerial visit to the Kampong Ubi-Kembangan division on Sunday.
Mrs Lim spent Sunday morning meeting residents and participating in community activities, before fielding a slew of mostly transport-related questions during a dialogue with residents.
With the Land Transport Authority taking over central planning of bus routes, Mrs Lim took time to explain some key principles - including the need to for bus-train integration.
She said: "As we now build intensively a lot more rail lines, the 'hub and spoke' - in other words, working from the MRT stations and you have feeder bus services - becomes more viable, and it is a way that most of the other cities which have successful public transport systems have survived on."
Mrs Lim also told reporters that long bus routes - or what she calls "cross-country buses" - may no longer be needed.
She said: "We will not introduce new cross-country services, because those are really legacies of the past. But we will review every (existing) one to see whether they need to be sustained."
"Mrs Lim pointed out that as a bus journey gets longer, it becomes harder to accurately predict its arrival time. Small delays at each bus stop can snowball and lengthen the overall waiting time for passengers."
And with the Circle Line coming on board next month, even more commuters can be served by Singapore's MRT system.
Mrs Lim also addressed concerns on the new quota system for vehicles.
She explained: "If you have a drop in the number of cars that are de-registered, then the number of COEs available obviously goes down. So it is very difficult to say which way it will go. I would say it is driven more by economic conditions."
She cited two instances when the number of COEs dropped in the past, but prices did not shoot up.
From next month, the number of COEs available will be determined by the number of cars de-registered. - CNA/ms
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1046452/1/.htmlYes, no chance of integration and resource maximisation like it was in the 80s & 90s. Kiss goodbye to the idea of 7+18.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
CCL1 stations build so close.
1 at Bras Basah, another at Esplanade, another at Flyer there.
I remembered which mini star says to build MRT station every 400m. Come on, Mass Rapid Transit. He wants it to be Mass Tortise Transit si boh?
BBS, Esplanade & Promenade are well within 500m-1km range of CTH. -
Originally posted by sbst275:
I think it was Yeo C T.That time he went around saying MRT can replace buses.
Now they realise they can't
YCT? No wonder YWT has so few bus routes.
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Originally posted by SMB32T:
I still remember the former service 85 (Sengkang to Harbourfront). After the NEL rationalisation the route was withdrawn. However due to complaints regarding loss of connectivity along the Rivervale areas service 119 was re-introduced to ply between Sengkang to Kovan hub.
119 is like 860 back from the grave.
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Originally posted by iveco:
Yes, no chance of integration and resource maximisation like it was in the 80s & 90s. Kiss goodbye to the idea of 7+18.
They'll realise it's not going to work and to say fully enforce hubs and spoke as the population and new town development continues to grow. -
Originally posted by iveco:
BBS, Esplanade & Promenade are well within 500m-1km range of CTH.
They'll claim for watever.Like the Museumn board saying CCL would help to push no of visitors
.Promenade is macham for e future as ERL might not be able to get close to the CBD heart area.
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Originally posted by iveco:
YCT? No wonder YWT has so few bus routes.
It's a tpt mess over there.I've a gd feeling 1/3 of NSL's Western leg 'Northbound' leg en-route Jurong East are filled by ppl from Yew Tee. MRT is macham only mode of tpt
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Originally posted by iveco:
2 & 12: What about PSR and CGV sectors? Who will cover them?Service 2 and 12 split after Kallang MRT.So i think it cannot merge.