Complains/Articles of buses on Media/ Press: 2011
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Originally posted by sbst275:
On Zaobao
Sv 243G's 15 mins wait at 8pm - 9pm
Lady writer complain tat 179 semua double deck + empty.
She should see the queue for 179A in the morning, crowd at NTU from 4pm - 10pm (part time)
But the part of 243G's delay is kinda true, esp if there's long queue for 179 in the noon period.
no leh, most of the drivers find that svc 181 had higher loading. If possible, crossover 1 DD from Svc 255 lor.. -
Originally posted by chickenlittle2:
no leh, most of the drivers find that svc 181 had higher loading. If possible, crossover 1 DD from Svc 255 lor..
255 at night gotch crossover for you?Wat I feel is tat rather let 179 do downroute at 8pm - 9pm instead.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
255 at night gotch crossover for you?Wat I feel is tat rather let 179 do downroute at 8pm - 9pm instead.
something like wat was done to the ex-242 lor.. Btw, 243 is dual direction, sometime 243W got no standees and the DD are all partially full during the PM peak.. -
04/01/2011 Wanbao
Complain abt difficulty of buses alighting passengers at Woodlands Regional Int. The buses parking at alighting bay hogging up the place, using it as their 'kill time' waiting place.
Seriously WDL Feeder schedules is real cmi... If one bothers to spend time observing feeder bus arr at Woodlands Centre.
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Originally posted by sbst275:
04/01/2011 Wanbao
Complain abt difficulty of buses alighting passengers at Woodlands Regional Int. The buses parking at alighting bay hogging up the place, using it as their 'kill time' waiting place.
Seriously WDL Feeder schedules is real cmi... If one bothers to spend time observing feeder bus arr at Woodlands Centre.
just now abt 7.25pm one 969 bus alight pax at.......... 161/963 berth!
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Originally posted by sinicker:
just now abt 7.25pm one 969 bus alight pax at.......... 161/963 berth!
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Originally posted by sinicker:
just now abt 7.25pm one 969 bus alight pax at.......... 161/963 berth!
TIB1246J(on 912) stopped @ 911/925/856 berth instead of 912/913/178 berth...
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Originally posted by sinicker:
just now abt 7.25pm one 969 bus alight pax at.......... 161/963 berth!
Common lah... its like letting pax alight at 966/950/NP Shuttle, Berth 14. -
Also, normally svcs like 178, 187, 925, 950, 960, 961, 963, 966 would make a U-turn inside WRI if all the berths are full when coming down from W'lands Ave 3.
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Bus 186 to skip one bus stop temporarily
SBS bus service 186 will temporarily skip the bus stop opposite the PWC Building (bus stop 03041) along Cross Street from 11am on Saturday, Jan 15, to 5am on Monday, Jan 17.
This is due to lane closure to facilitate the removal of the viaduct.
Passengers who want to get to Cross Street can alight at the bus stop along Cecil Street, opposite the GB Building.
Please refer to www.sbstransit.com.sg for more details.
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Originally posted by QX179R:
Bus 186 to skip one bus stop temporarily
SBS bus service 186 will temporarily skip the bus stop opposite the PWC Building (bus stop 03041) along Cross Street from 11am on Saturday, Jan 15, to 5am on Monday, Jan 17.
This is due to lane closure to facilitate the removal of the viaduct.
Passengers who want to get to Cross Street can alight at the bus stop along Cecil Street, opposite the GB Building.
Please refer to www.sbstransit.com.sg for more details.
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Bus service 970? -
STOMPer Pat thinks it is unwise for a passenger to be talking to the bus captain as it not only distracts the driver, the passenger can hurt himself too when the bus brakes suddenly.
Said the STOMPer:
"The man and bus driver were chatting as the bus driver drove on.
"This is definitely a NO NO for the bus driver as there are passengers on board.
"And also for the man. Any sudden braking from the driver could send him crashing onto the bus' windscreen.
"Can SBS Transit educate it's driver to be more tactful while driving?
"I am not saying totally cannot chat but not for lengthy period while driving especially on a congested road.
"Any mishap be it minor or major, we passengers could end up 'busy' with the driver." -
Originally posted by ghost79:
STOMPer Pat thinks it is unwise for a passenger to be talking to the bus captain as it not only distracts the driver, the passenger can hurt himself too when the bus brakes suddenly.
Said the STOMPer:
"The man and bus driver were chatting as the bus driver drove on.
"This is definitely a NO NO for the bus driver as there are passengers on board.
"And also for the man. Any sudden braking from the driver could send him crashing onto the bus' windscreen.
"Can SBS Transit educate it's driver to be more tactful while driving?
"I am not saying totally cannot chat but not for lengthy period while driving especially on a congested road.
"Any mishap be it minor or major, we passengers could end up 'busy' with the driver."What is wrong with that actually? I had done that before while talking to my 'friend'- SL.
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Originally posted by TIB657M:
What is wrong with that actually? I had done that before while talking to my 'friend'- SL.
Do you know safety? What if the bus driver is unable to concentrate in his driving? You people are making the bus journey unsafe for passengers. Nothing proud to admit such acts.
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Originally posted by ghost79:
Do you know safety? What if the bus driver is unable to concentrate in his driving? You people are making the bus journey unsafe for passengers. Nothing proud to admit such acts.
For me, I will try not to talk with him when he is driving.
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Foreigners who are rude and behave inappropriately in public give S'pore a bad image
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A Service 55 Bus Captain (BC) goes wrong way and drove on the Service 54 route instead. Featured in Lianhe Wanbao 17/01/2011.
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New routes for buses
FOUR bus services will be re-routed in the coming weeks to stop along HDB blocks with elderly residents, an industrial estate, a hawker centre and a hospital.
But some commuters who used to take services 76, 315, 410 and 853 will find that their bus no longer stops at their street or will take longer to get there.
These changes are the first to be made by the Land Transport Authority in its new role as the planner of bus routes islandwide.
Service 76, which runs between Yio Chu Kang Terminal and Siglap Road, will make three new stops along Marine Crescent and Marine Terrace, but skip nine existing ones.
Service 315 will be re-routed to serve workers in Serangoon North Industrial Estate, while service 410 will call at five new stops to connect residents to Shunfu Mart, Sin Ming Plaza and Marymount MRT station.
Changes to these three services by SBS Transit will take effect on Jan 30, and from Feb 13, Service 853, run by SMRT, will serve two more bus stops near Khoo Teck Puat Hospital in Yishun.
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INFORMATION technology technician Derek Li’s life has been put on hold ever since the front wheel of an SBS Transit bus crushed the toes of his left foot in the early hours of Nov 29 last year.
Mr Li, 27, said he was walking from his grandmother’s flat in Hougang Avenue 10 to his mother’s home in Hougang Avenue 3 when the accident happened just after midnight.
At the road junction outside Hougang Plaza, the traffic lights turned green for both pedestrians and turning vehicles, and he crossed. A single-deck, off-duty Service 74 bus was turning in his direction at the same time. He expected it to stop but it did not.
Mr Li’s left foot was smashed. The sock he was wearing held the crushed bone and tissue together until paramedics arrived, he said. At the Changi General Hospital, he was told that he might lose all five toes. Eventually, three were amputated by Dec 12 last year. He has been in three hospitals since the incident, and does not know when he can be discharged. Speaking to my paper from his bed in an Ang Mo Kio community hospital yesterday, Mr Li, who earns $1,200 a month, said that his second and fourth toes are intact, but he can no longer move them.
He is expected to be able to walk again using both feet, but must wear a special shoe fitted for his left foot. I will be walking with a permanent limp, said Mr Li, who now needs the help of a wheelchair to negotiate longer distances.
A letter from the NSman’s doctor to the Singapore Armed Forces states that Mr Li has sustained fractures and extensive de-gloving injuries to his left foot. This means that the skin and subcutaneous tissue have been torn off in glove-like fashion.
He has undergone five operations, with a plastic surgeon attaching to his wound a 20cm by 8cm skin graft taken from his left thigh, and a 20cm-long muscle flap from his back.
When contacted, Ms Tammy Tan, SBS Transit’s corporate-communications senior vice-president, said the transport company has been assisting Mr Li with his medical and hospitalisation expenses.
We are deeply sorry for the pain caused to Mr Li and his family, she said in an e-mail. When asked about compensation, she added: It is imperative that Mr Li quantifies the components of his claim. Due to a conflict of interest, we are not able to assist him in this regard.
We have, however, suggested that he approach the Legal Aid Bureau for assistance in this matter. We will continue to assist him where possible. Mr Li, whose parents are divorced, lives in a two-room flat with his mother, a factory worker. His father is a lorry driver He hopes that SBS Transit will offer compensation of at least $500,000.
I have at least 40 more years ahead of me. How am I supposed to go on? My boss says I can go back to work any time, but even the thought of taking public transport to work is daunting, said the Institute of Technical Education graduate.
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Passenger spits, bus driver hits
A rowdy bus passenger was punched in the face by an angry bus driver. But before he was punched, the had allegedly acted in an abusive manner towards the SBS Transit bus driver while onboard the bus and afterwards.
The two continued arguing after the bus had reached Bedok Bus Interchange. The driver lost his cool and punched him, after the man had failed to punch him in a few attempts.
The incident, which took place at about 6pm on Thursday on route 225, drew a crowd of curious commuters and passer-bys.
Witnesses said the passenger, who is in his 20s, was being difficult and had refused to leave the interchange after alighting from the bus.
Madam G T Ng, 45, a saleswoman, said in Mandarin: "I saw the bus driver approach 3 of his colleagues for help. It seems like he was having problems with the passenger."
When they returned, the passenger continued with his aggressive behaviour, she said, and there was an argument between both parties. The passenger then started swinging punches at the driver but missed.
"He was egging him on," she said, adding that the last straw was when the passenger spat at the driver.
"I think the driver just lost his temper and punched him at the face. The man fell to the ground and the driver punched him again two to three times."
After hitting him, the driver left while the passenger was left bleeding from his nose.
When contacted, Ms Tammy Tan, senior vice-president for coprorate communications at SBS Transit, said that the passenger did not have enough money on his ez-link card when he boarded bus service 225.
She said: "He was not happy when asked to pay cash instead. He started scolding the bus captain and showed him offensive hand gestures."
She said the passenger punched at the driver, who retaliated by punching him back.
What happened next stunned people at the interchange. First, the injured man took off his white long-sleeved shirt and blue jeans. Clad only in a pair of boxers, he then kicked at a rubbish bin and tore down banners from their stands.
A middle-aged man, who was watching the commotion, was almost hit in the face when the passenger swung at him with the back of his hand, said Mdm Ng.
Shop attendant Sina Amid, 31, told TNP that she saw the man kicking the cash register at a shop selling CNY decorations. The cash register fell to the floor. He also started pacing up and down the bus interchange, looking angry and spewing expletives.
The passenger's unusual behaviour continued for about 20 mins before he wear his clothes back and left in the direction of Bedok MRT station. Witnesses later saw him talking to policemen at Bedok Bus Interchange.
Confirming the incident, a police spokesman said that a man in his 20s was takent to Changi General Hospital for treatment. The police are investigating. No arrests have been made.
Said Ms Tan: " Despite having been provoked, we do not condone the retaliatory actions of our bus captain and will be taking disciplinary actions against him."
Source: The New Paper, 22 Jan
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Haha, serve him right for attempt to punch the bus driver. How, the bus driver is just punishing him!!!
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watever it is
you've to try to calm down and make e fellow malu.
Sometimes seriously those tat wants to start punching usually chicken out when they're exposed. But they'll still be agressive one
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the driver punched the passenger in self defence. if he really get fired, sbs really got no eyes
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Pity the BC,Just because public know SBST/SMRT drivers cant retaliate doesnt mean they're punching bags.Now let them try their own medicine.I'm sure after this the BC will get transfer for his own safety
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STOMPer Michael fell off an SBS Transit bus when the driver drove off before he could completely alight the vehicle. The fall left him with injuries on his face, hands and legs.
The STOMPer's colleagues sent him to see a doctor, and he received four stitches.
Michael recounts the incident:
"On Jan 18, at about 7.35am, the double-decker SBS Transit bus number 25 arrived at the bus-stop near my workplace in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 3.
"I was the last person to alight, but before I could completely alight from the bus, I could feel with my right leg that the bus was already moving off, causing me to lose my balance and fall onto the pavement.
"The bus captain did not stop the bus to render assistance to me.
"I lay bloodied and injured on the pavement for a good 5 to 10 minutes before a kind lady and gentleman offered their help.
"As I was too dazed to take note of their names, I would like to take this opportunity to thank them for their kind help and gesture! Greatly appreciated!! Kudos to them!"