Make your own short working trips
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SBST has been in a marathon to create short working trips. Let's create our own short working trips here as we see suitable.
188A - CCK Interchange to Kent Ridge Terminal (morning peak)
188B - Kent Ridge Terminal to CCK Interchange (evening peak) - does not operate during school holidays
Deploying 2 Habits.
Reason:
(Morning) It is difficult for pax to enter the bus once it hits Bukit Batok West Ave 7, 4 and 2 as it already comes full from CCK Way, Bukit Batok road.
(Evening) Good for students in Kent Ridge / Clementi road area
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43B*
NEX > Buangkok Green
Reason : You all know.
88C*
AMK STN > Punggol Rd
GENERAL LEGEND :
[ Guys, use this for your reference. It can be confusing unless you use this ]
= Shortworking trips only work during AM peak.
* = Shortworking trips only work during PM peak.
^ = Shortworking trips only work during AM and PM peak. -
Originally posted by TIB1257C:
43B*
NEX > Buangkok Green
Reason : You all know.
88C*
AMK STN > Punggol Rd
GENERAL LEGEND :
[ Guys, use this for your reference. It can be confusing unless you use this ]
= Shortworking trips only work during AM peak.
* = Shortworking trips only work during PM peak.
^ = Shortworking trips only work during AM and PM peak.3105M actually does a shortworking trip from NEX to Punggol Int in the evening - just that it is not re-numbered yet.
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74A*
AMK Station to Hougang Int (evening peak).
A full VO3x can be filled at AMK station itself.
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Hmm..... Svc 240A?
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Svc 195B
Telok Blangah Way
Tiong Bahru RdTiong Bahru Rd
Telok Blangah Way*Covers all bus stops 195 plies in this sector*
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SVC 162A
Yio Chu Kang Terminal to Upp Thomson Rd
(Opp Old Police Academy)
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
74A*
AMK Station to Hougang Int (evening peak).
A full VO3x can be filled at AMK station itself.
Actually 165 is a shorter alternative of 132 and 74 from AMK to HG.
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Service 184E (Bt Panjang - Clementi MRT)
Operates during Weekday AM Peak. Does not operate during school holidays and public holidays.Frequency: 10 min
Route
KM Bus stop name
0.0 Bt Panjang Int
1.6 Bef Pending Stn
2.2 opp Bt Panjang Pri Sch
2.6 Cashew Pk Condo
3.5 Aft Assumption Eng Sch
- express via flyover -
8.1 opp Ngee Ann Poly
8.5 opp SIM HQ
8.7 opp Maju Camp
9.2 opp Blk 116
9.6 opp Blk 109A
10.6 Blk 335
11.1 Clementi Stn (END)Upon arriving Clementi Stn, bus off service and make a loop back to Clementi Stn. From there, start 184.
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Originally posted by TIB1257C:
Actually 165 is a shorter alternative of 132 and 74 from AMK to HG.
True - but if you see the loading on 74, there are very few pax who want to go to HG Int. Most of the bus empties on stops on HG Ave 8 (8 stops in total to be precise). Hence, I would not do 132A or 165A.
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
SBST has been in a marathon to create short working trips. Let's create our own short working trips here as we see suitable.
188A - CCK Interchange to Kent Ridge Terminal (morning peak)
188B - Kent Ridge Terminal to CCK Interchange (evening peak) - does not operate during school holidays
Deploying 2 Habits.
Reason:
(Morning) It is difficult for pax to enter the bus once it hits Bukit Batok West Ave 7, 4 and 2 as it already comes full from CCK Way, Bukit Batok road.
(Evening) Good for students in Kent Ridge / Clementi road area
how about those at science park 2? I believe alot of the 188 pax alight at NUS and science park, and some at mbc and psa.
its demand do not considerably drop at kent ridge except for trips outside am peak and are student-centric trips.
188B just operate as a downroute. if it terminates at an interchange, why need shortworking? waste of service numbers.
and 188B the only catchment you get is those from NUS when more pax come from the earlier part of the route..
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
3105M actually does a shortworking trip from NEX to Punggol Int in the evening - just that it is not re-numbered yet.
if it terminates at its terminating point, why need to renumber to a shortworking trip?
its a halfway on service trip, in short known as downroute.
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
74A*
AMK Station to Hougang Int (evening peak).
A full VO3x can be filled at AMK station itself.
this downroute operates during evening peak, and earlier part of am peak.
see above reply regarding SWT numbering usage.
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Originally posted by TIB 501 D:
Svc 195B
Telok Blangah Way
Tiong Bahru RdTiong Bahru Rd
Telok Blangah Way*Covers all bus stops 195 plies in this sector*
1st one is covered by 195A.
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Originally posted by SBS3174M:
SVC 162A
Yio Chu Kang Terminal to Upp Thomson Rd
(Opp Old Police Academy)
pax catchment is who? students? workers? where?
and what time?
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it seems like there is some misconception on how shortworking trips operate.
1. if the bus terminates at its terminating point, but starts somewhere along the route, then a SWT number is not needed. in short its known as downroute. There are many services that has this. they include but not limited to services 2, 9A, 15, 21, 27, 28, 30, 31, 33, 45, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 60, 69, 70, 74, 80, 83, 87, 98, 99, 100, 131, 154, 161, 174, 190, 195A, 196, 228, 238, 240, 243, 960.
2. SWTs are designed to help a specific sector at a specific timing. There has to be a group of commuters that the SWT is catered for. It is usually at the expense of at least 1 full route bus/trip for this SWT.
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Originally posted by service_238:
if it terminates at its terminating point, why need to renumber to a shortworking trip?
its a halfway on service trip, in short known as downroute.
43 - 3105M was such a waste yesterday. 7.20pm - 43, 7.22pm - 70, 7.23pm - 43 (3105M - started fresh at NEX to Punggol). Can you guess the number of passengers who boarded the bus? 5 pax.7.29 - 70
The next 43 came at 7.41pm KUB filled to the brim with around 65-70pax with leftovers who waited for the 70 that came after (7.44pm)
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Originally posted by BusAnalayzer:
43 - 3105M was such a waste yesterday. 7.20pm - 43, 7.22pm - 70, 7.23pm - 43 (3105M - started fresh at NEX to Punggol). Can you guess the number of passengers who boarded the bus? 5 pax.7.29 - 70
The next 43 came at 7.41pm KUB filled to the brim with around 65-70pax with leftovers who waited for the 70 that came after (7.44pm)
one day survey is not conclusive. It is best to do it over a few days consecutively.
the schedule is fixed, but humans are not. What schedulers can best do is to match as close as they can to the time periods that have more people. On another hand, if 3105's loading not too low to start a downroute, its earlier downroute is probably the peak trip for its duty.
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