Bus Observations (2012)

• lemon1974

  7 Sep 12, 17:19

  Originally posted by TIB770T:

  LexBuild. They are the ones refurbishing the CACs.

  thanks.  i just want to purposely ask that question....

• QX179R

  9 Sep 12, 19:47

  TIB619Z side EDS not in working condition..

• sbst275

  9 Sep 12, 20:12

  Creepy bendy buses... At WTCP bus stop... horning music oftenly heard.. Why leh? Cos it's perpetual movement of people who just walked out of Woodlands CIQ. Whenever it's a 911 or 913, the turnaround time is very long.. then some behind tak boleh tahan start horning... cos it can only fit 2 bendy buses inside the shelter area... Just now saw 1 bendy 912E go alight ppl on the rain.. aft which turn out to siam the bus stop...
• sbst275

  9 Sep 12, 20:24

  it's no wonder there's so many bus head to tail accident... The SMRT bus ride... bus never even want to slow down before hand...
• SBS2656X

  9 Sep 12, 22:00

  SBS9229A got yellow hand grabs. 
  
  Some of the OACs on 961 have slanted EDS... Especially those using LAWO Benefit.
  TIB501D is not in the list. Driven by lady BC today 

• Merczrox

  9 Sep 12, 22:02

  Originally posted by lemon1974:

  thanks.  i just want to purposely ask that question....

  
   

• TIB1218R

  9 Sep 12, 22:03

  Waited 15mins for 291 today..
  
  I thought this service got improvements? 

• SBS2656X

  9 Sep 12, 22:05

  Originally posted by TIB1218R:

  Waited 15mins for 291 today..
  
  I thought this service got improvements? 

  I waited for 30mins...
  Then 5 bus stacked come together AND STOPPED TOGETHER AT 1 BUS STOP.
  
  You taking the Eastern or Western loop? 
  The one with a T [ Which I forgot which loop it is ] doesn't seem to have frequency control.
  

• TIB1218R

  9 Sep 12, 22:06

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  I waited for 30mins...
  Then 5 bus stacked come together AND STOPPED TOGETHER AT 1 BUS STOP.
  
  You taking the Eastern or Western loop? 
  The one with a T [ Which I forgot which loop it is ] doesn't seem to have frequency control.

  East. 

• SBS2656X

  9 Sep 12, 22:07

  Originally posted by TIB1218R:

  East. 

  Got the T one or not??? 

• TIB1218R

  9 Sep 12, 22:11

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  Got the T one or not??? 

  Don't know..
  
  Both are the same..

• TownLink 291

  9 Sep 12, 22:28

  Originally posted by TIB1218R:

  Waited 15mins for 291 today..
  
  I thought this service got improvements? 

  Sunday 10 bus. No improve freq since long long ago, only upgrade 3 sd to dd for sunday.

  Just now raining also...
  

• SBS2656X

  9 Sep 12, 22:33

  Originally posted by TownLink 291:

  Sunday 10 bus. No improve freq since long long ago, only upgrade 3 sd to dd for sunday.

  Just now raining also...

  What SBST said :
  
  "ALL feeder & townlink services will have at most a frequency of less than 15min"
  
  IIRC it was something like that. Correct me if I'm wrong.

• SBS2656X

  9 Sep 12, 22:35

  One of the VO3x on 74 today got a ''bombarded roof'', the roof livery [ red colour one ] got torn apart, as if a bomb exploded. I saw it from SBS9229A, didn't know the rego though. Maybe new hairstyle?

• TownLink 291

  9 Sep 12, 22:36

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  What SBST said :
  
  "ALL feeder & townlink services will have at most a frequency of less than 15min"
  
  IIRC it was something like that. Correct me if I'm wrong.

  Yes, that's for the scheduled timing. But "Scheduled timings are subject to traffic conditions."
  Once the bus is delayed in the west loop, the east loop frequency gets directly affected, since west loop buses continue their journey on the east loop.

• sbst275

  9 Sep 12, 22:39

  291 is one difficult service to cater for... for it plies quite a chunk of places w/ 1 lane per dir carriageway, schools etc.
• SBS2656X

  9 Sep 12, 22:40

  Originally posted by TownLink 291:

  Yes, that's for the scheduled timing. But "Scheduled timings are subject to traffic conditions."
  Once the bus is delayed in the west loop, the east loop frequency gets directly affected, since west loop buses continue their journey on the east loop.

  Pretty annoying in a sense that it's frequency is very irratic. It is not rational in a sense that the bus captains did no effort in covering the lost frequency gap.

• TownLink 291

  9 Sep 12, 22:47

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  Pretty annoying in a sense that it's frequency is very irratic. It is not rational in a sense that the bus captains did no effort in covering the lost frequency gap.

  I'd rather have BCs chiong all the way rather than crawl at a snail's pace + stone at the inter for a few minutes when they are early.
  The principle of "what has to be, has to be" applies to the BCs as well

• SBS2656X

  9 Sep 12, 22:55

  Originally posted by TownLink 291:

  I'd rather have BCs chiong all the way rather than crawl at a snail's pace + stone at the inter for a few minutes when they are early.
  The principle of "what has to be, has to be" applies to the BCs as well

  +1 to that.
  
  Anyone noticed that if you take a SMRT loop service, be it 700A or 966 or 858 or whatever [ EXCEPT for feeder services, example 812, etc... ], when they do the return route, they always drive SLOWER than usual? Most obvious is the 857 drivers, especially the one driving MAN.

• sbst275

  9 Sep 12, 22:56

  Originally posted by SBS2656X:

  Pretty annoying in a sense that it's frequency is very irratic. It is not rational in a sense that the bus captains did no effort in covering the lost frequency gap.

  
  how to chiong on minor roads w/ bus stops relatively near by? how to stop in time for a crowded bus? how going to slow down in time?
• TIB1218R

  10 Sep 12, 14:35

  Originally posted by TownLink 291:

  Sunday 10 bus. No improve freq since long long ago, only upgrade 3 sd to dd for sunday.

  Just now raining also...

  Oh i see..
  
  Haven't rain at that time..
  
  But why 359 don't have much problem? 

• TownLink 291

  10 Sep 12, 17:09

  Originally posted by TIB1218R:

  Oh i see..
  
  Haven't rain at that time..
  
  But why 359 don't have much problem? 

  359's fleet is 1/2 of 291's fleet. Lesser bus -> longer freq -> less tendency to bunch.
  
  But I've also seen before 359's snaking queues at pasir ris inter during wkday peak also...

• TIB1218R

  10 Sep 12, 19:00

  Singapore Zoo has a new bus stop..
  
  Or is it long time already? 

• TIB1218R

  10 Sep 12, 19:18

  
  
  

• SMB66X

  10 Sep 12, 20:34

  Originally posted by TIB1218R:

  
  
  

  Should be recently. Btw, this is before the loop?