With just a few feeder service, the waiting time should be short (less than 5 minutes). As a commuter, I do not mind using a feeder bus to take the train or an express bus. When I drive to the MRT station, I have to park my car nearby and talk to the station anyway. The walking distance is usually longer.
If we use feeder buses, we do not need to have many direct bus services (maybe 200 services or more) to connect to different combinations of locations. These are confusing and inconvenient.
We need to simplify the system of bus services to make it more convenient for people to use the buses.
Hi can i ask how is this feeder services different from what we have now? In hougang we have a long feeder that plys along from hougang central to kovan, hougang ave 1 but the waiting time is terrible in the nonpeak hours where the waiting time is 15mins or more typically( sometimes reaching 30mins). If the SBS is sincere in improving the situation, the waiting time for the feeder should be 5mins even during nonpeak hours. A more radical transport system might be necessary or it will still be the same sad story for us ordinary citizens
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