Operating hours of Full-Day Bus Lane to be extended

• QX179R

  8 Mar 16, 20:57

  SINGAPORE: The Land Transport Authority (LTA) on Tuesday (Mar 8) announced it will extend the operating hours of Full-Day Bus Lanes by three hours. 

   

  From Mar 21, the lanes will operate from 7.30am to 11pm, the LTA said in its press release. Previously, the operating hours ended at 8pm.

   

  The LTA said this will help shorten travel times for commuters during late evening periods.

   

  There are 23 kilometres of such lanes which operate on weekdays and Saturdays, excluding public holidays, and they are mainly located in the city centre. 
  

  Separately, the agency said it will implement the Bus Priority Box, also known as the Mandatory Give Way to Buses scheme, at two bus stops along Orchard Road. This is part of a six-month trial to evaluate its usefulness at bus stops without bus bays, it said. 

   

  The bus stops are opposite Mandarin Orchard and Midpoint Orchard. There are currently 332 bus stops with Bus Priority Boxes since it was first introduced in 2008, LTA said.

   

  It added that it will use the findings of this six-month trial to determine if the scheme should be applied for similar bus stops in other locations.

   

  - CNA/kk

• QX179R

  8 Mar 16, 20:58

  

• SBS 9631X

  8 Mar 16, 21:10

  9-10pm is okay..but 11pm at places like Sims Way to Kallang Road?

• TPS Timothy Mok

  8 Mar 16, 21:50

  it should be a 24hr restricted bus lane.

• carbikebus

  8 Mar 16, 21:54

  Originally posted by TPS Timothy Mok:

  it should be a 24hr restricted bus lane.

  Yes for Geylang Serai,Chinatown,Part of Orchard Rd and Little India and impose heavy fines and a point to those offender,Not 24 hours la but at least 0730-0030.

• SMB145B

  8 Mar 16, 22:01

  hmm Full Day Bus Lanes is a misnomer.

  and what about the regular bus lanes?

• Jnbhgyuhjik

  8 Mar 16, 22:25

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• SMB128B

  9 Mar 16, 07:10

  Originally posted by SMB145B:

  hmm Full Day Bus Lanes is a misnomer.

  and what about the regular bus lanes?

  They should extend the regular ones to 7am... They forgot students and free-MRT commuters exist...

• SMB145B

  9 Mar 16, 10:26

  Originally posted by SMB128B:

  They should extend the regular ones to 7am... They forgot students and free-MRT commuters exist...

  0630 to 1020 and 1630 to 2300

  free-MRT??

• array88

  9 Mar 16, 21:41

  Originally posted by SMB145B:

  0630 to 1020 and 1630 to 2300

  free-MRT??

  For those people who take MRT to city before peak hours so that they get free MRT rides

• SMB128B

  9 Mar 16, 21:49

  Originally posted by SMB145B:

  0630 to 1020 and 1630 to 2300

  free-MRT??

  Now regular bus lanes start 0730...

• SMB128B

  9 Mar 16, 21:49

  Originally posted by array88:

  For those people who take MRT to city before peak hours so that they get free MRT rides

  Yes

• carbikebus

  10 Mar 16, 11:18

  Full day also no point if there is no enforcement during peak hours,Private vehicles/Taxis still misuse it,Bus stops also got car park illegally,Best reason is wait for their old parents alight from bus..kakakaka like that everyone can park at bus stops lor..

• wsy1234

  10 Mar 16, 15:57

  may as well ban cars enter the CBD until 11PM. i suspect someone at LTA VIP take bus and had been blocked by cars at those time and cannot get home on time and start impose those stupid time