How often have you taken SBS Aircon buses and got carsick bec of the non-existent aircon?! I;m rather fed up of their lousy service/vehicle maintenance standards especially after the fare hike.
(non-kudos to those who dun take public transport and proclaim our transport standards are among the top in the world...when your head gets too big...you tend to overlook stuff.)
Originally posted by sbs99
7. Driving at 20km/hr....when obviously road is DAMN empty...practise some common sense.
Originally posted by rueyloon
wow !!! looks like I'm not the only one who noticed this...
I have some theory about this, it might be connected to the TVmobile or the advertiestment pasted on the side of the bus.
they need the bus to be on the road for a minimum amount of time... do they can tell their client things like
"average passesngers sit on our bus for XX minutes"
or
"each bus will be on the road for a minimum for XX minutes"
Originally posted by sbs99
4. Cockroaches, banning food stuff/drinks is not exactly the full solution. Maintainence has to be done, pay people to clean the buses, dun juz expect bus drivers to clean every inch of the bus, their job is to drive buses, not part time cleaners. In other words...stop saving costs when profits are evident every other year. These are neccessary costs.
yah I agree in terms of freq of buses, ours is prob very good compared to other countries. Price is also cheaper by quite a lot.Originally posted by hongsien
I don't understand why many Singaporeans are always complaining about the bus system here. I come from Holland, which also has quite a good system, but not as good as here! Overhere, I find it relatively cheap, and the numbers of buses are so high that you can get almost anywhere. The frequency of the lines are also high enough, so that in most cases you don't need to wait very long. Off course, Singaporeans are most of the time very impatient........ , so 10 minutes seems very long.
The aircon is something the drivers can't do anyhting about, the AC just turns on when they start the engine, and there is no way to turn it off, whenever it is too cold (usually it is too cold when it is raining outside, AC is set to be cooler than outside temp). This happens to SBS as well as TIBS. In the older buses, the driver could turn it on/off themselves, but not anymore. The fans also works on a thermostate, so don't blame them if it suddenly blows into your head.
Cos in the States, cars are CHEAP.Originally posted by chaotic
wow. i didn't know there are so many complaints about the bus system in Singapore. Just curious, any one tried the bus services in US? Waiting 20-30mins can be considered lucky. I am not saying that SBS is the best, but it's just that you got to compare with other ones and it's not fair just to criticize a system like that since there is no perfect system in this world.
Originally posted by revenant
My favourite type of bus is Double Deck non-Aircon ( Bus 74 ). Enjoy the feeling when the wind blow against my face. And the leg room is big enough for a 180cm-er like me.
Originally posted by Kit
Got really sick the first time I went on those TIBS bendy bus (61), watching the articulation but subsequently became adapted to it.