Why Orchard Rd always heavy traffic?

[Sozo]

I just briefly did a search n to my surprise there are at least 20 over bus services on Orchard road.

Let's say 1 bus = to 3.5 cars length, so at anytime if there are 4 bus in 1 bus stop n there are 8 bus stop along Orchard road.

 

4(Bus) x 1(Bus stop) x 8 (Bus sop) = 32 Bus

1 Bus = 3.5 (Car) length

32 (Bus) x 3.5 = 112

Imagine, 112 cars occupying the road anytime during the day.

 

Above is just an example of x numbers of buses could be traveling on Orchard road day time.

My question is do we really need so many bus servicing Orchard road?

 

[Mockngbrd]

no bus kpkb, got bus also got kpkb.

Edited March 11, 2014 by Mockngbrd

[Knoobie]

apparently, buses still seems to be insufficient in Orchard road...

[comegetme]

wah lao...

 

this is just like asking why food court always so crowded during lunch?

[Kb27]

People who shop all very lazy to walk.

So you must have bus stops every 50m.

[Watwheels]

Redundant question. We all know that buses serve not just one location. It's just so that one of the stops is at Orchard Road. It's a central location to get to other areas of sgp.

[Sozo]

  On 3/11/2014 at 3:18 AM, Watwheels said:

Redundant question. We all know that buses serve not just one location. It's just so that one of the stops is at Orchard Road. It's a central location to get to other areas of sgp.

 

So there is no solution?

[Vhtfhwlego]

  On 3/11/2014 at 3:11 AM, Sozo said:

I just briefly did a search n to my surprise there are at least 20 over bus services on Orchard road.

Let's say 1 bus = to 3.5 cars length, so at anytime if there are 4 bus in 1 bus stop n there are 8 bus stop along Orchard road.

 

4(Bus) x 1(Bus stop) x 8 (Bus sop) = 32 Bus

1 Bus = 3.5 (Car) length

32 (Bus) x 3.5 = 112

Imagine, 112 cars occupying the road anytime during the day.

 

Above is just an example of x numbers of buses could be traveling on Orchard road day time.

My question is do we really need so many bus servicing Orchard road?

 

- When buses changes 3 lanes & sometimes 4 lanes away from their whole day bus lane which in general empty, restricting many others.

- When buses filter into their bus lanes afterwards, other vehicles slowed down for them which adds to further congestion.

 

- When left most lane vehicles are unable to turn into minor roads as they are blocked by pedestrian.

a) slowing taking time to cross while red man is on.

b) or at junctions when there are no traffic lights, drivers giving way to them.

 

- Unable to turn into minor roads where carparks are full.

[Jman888]

  On 3/11/2014 at 3:23 AM, Sozo said:

 

So there is no solution?

 

 

dun drive to Orchard Road, take public transport

[Oblong]

1 bus can carry how many passengers?

 

Average passengers for 1 car in orchard?

 

Public transport takes precedence most of the time.

Until you can eradicate the nagging reliability issues of our subway (say only 1 incident in 1 year??), buses are necessary.

 

We still need some redundancy or option in case one mode fails too.

 

(When mbt was transport minister and trying to increase productivity without failover solutions in implementing some public transport planning policies, it is only when things didn't work, then it rears its ugly head)

[Kb27]

  On 3/11/2014 at 3:59 AM, Oblong said:

1 bus can carry how many passengers?

 

Average passengers for 1 car in orchard?

 

Public transport takes precedence most of the time.

Until you can eradicate the nagging reliability issues of our subway (say only 1 incident in 1 year??), buses are necessary.

 

We still need some redundancy or option in case one mode fails too.

 

(When mbt was transport minister and trying to increase productivity without failover solutions in implementing some public transport planning policies, it is only when things didn't work, then it rears its ugly head)

 

1 bus carry 40, 50 people squeezed in ?

Then every bus cut in and out trying to overtake the others, but it's so jammed packed, it can hardly move ?

 

Maybe walking is faster than taking the bus.

[Holdenutessv]

There's a solution, take public transport if you're going there. (have 5 buses from my home to Orchard)

[Toothiewabbit]

Many atas with huge value stored in cash card like to go there lo.

[Darthrevan]

  On 3/11/2014 at 3:59 AM, Oblong said:

1 bus can carry how many passengers?

 

Average passengers for 1 car in orchard?

 

Public transport takes precedence most of the time.

 

exactly..buses and public transport should takes priority over private cars

 

 

  On 3/11/2014 at 3:23 AM, Sozo said:

 

So there is no solution?

 

there is..but the current government/LTA have no political will to implement it..IMO that is to levy a congestion charge of $20 per entry into the CBD & another $20 per exit charge out of the zone..London managed to collect £1b from the toll and the monies were used to buy more buses & provide additional trips for the buses..thus encouraging more commuters to take buses and public transport..many other cities which have congestion charge are Sao Paulo, Shanghai,Stockholm & Sydney

[Ungtiong]

people lining up for car parks lar.....

[Thaiyotakamli]

Dont go orchard la, who ask u go orchard?

[Volvobrick]

  On 3/15/2014 at 5:13 AM, Thaiyotakamli said:

Dont go orchard la, who ask u go orchard?

That's my solution too! Orchard road is too crowded and too expensive anyway.

[Thaiyotakamli]

  On 3/15/2014 at 5:22 AM, Volvobrick said:

That's my solution too! Orchard road is too crowded and too expensive anyway.

Park there my cashcard value drop in a flash!

 

Moreover so many people walking, want to drive out also cannot