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Mandatory Give Way to Buses Scheme Extended to Four Bus Bays 1. From 27 June 2009, the LTA will introduce the Mandatory Give Way to Buses Scheme to four bus bays in the Choa Chu Kang area. 2. These bus bays are located along Choa Chu Kang Road (opposite the Phoenix LRT Station and Blk 26) and along Choa Chu Kang Drive (opposite Blk 209). They are the first bus bays to be added to since the scheme was piloted in December of last year at 22 bus bays along Bukit Batok East Avenue 3, Toh Tuck Road and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8. 3. LTA's ongoing review of bus bays island-wide will identify more locations that are well suited to this scheme. As this scheme extends, more bus commuters can benefit from the faster travel time. 4. Prior to implementation, banners will be put up along Chua Chu Kang Drive and Chua Chu Kang Road to remind motorists they need to give way to buses exiting bus bays. Result of Pilot 5. Results from the pilot showed that the scheme is effective in reducing the amount of time buses spend trying to get out of bus bays. This in turn has improved overall bus speeds. Buses are now able to exit the bus bays faster with a time reduction of up to 73% in some cases. Bus journey times have also improved by up to 7%. 6. The Mandatory Give Way to Buses Scheme is one of a series of measures LTA is implementing to improve the speed and reliability of bus services under the Land Transport Master Plan announced in 2008. In December 2008, LTA completed the expansion of the bus lane scheme, increasing the coverage of full day bus lanes from 7.6km to 23km and normal bus lanes from 120km to 155km. 7. Please refer to Annex A for the locations of the new bus bays.

read this article. i do agree it MIGHT cut the buses travel time but by doing so, will it not c0ck up the rest of the road users travel time?? i understand the authorities are trying to make our public transport WORLD CLASS dun they already have the sacred Bus Lane liao? yes... there are mention of road widening at trial area but if it's a 'success', will all roads be widened with this implementation?? i doubt so lor.. then if it c0ck up everyone's travel time, jam here and jam there they implement ERP all over is it? sorry... this just bug me and dun for one min think i'm against public transport. i'm not. cos i do take MRT or buses into CBD area when i have meeting within CBD. ERP and parking costs is too much sometimes for a day meeting. however, wat irk me is having one solution that very likely might create another problem is plain the phrase 'use your blain .. use your blain' comes to mind. cheers --- From ST Online: MR JOHNNY Liew has a problem that slows him down every day. When the SBS Transit driver tries to get his bus into or out of a bus bay, he has to wait...and wait. 'Cars and taxis always block my way when I am entering or leaving - they never follow the 'Give way to exiting buses' sign displayed on the back of the bus,' said the 32-year-old who has been driving buses for the past six years. 'It really messes up my schedule.' An internal survey conducted by SBS Transit indicates that Mr Liew has a point. It found that 9 per cent of buses' travelling time is spent waiting for motorists to give way to them to enter and exit the bays. So the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has come up with a possible solution: doing away with bus bays altogether. Later this year, it will begin a trial along Jalan Eunos where buses will just stop by the side of the road - and not in bays. This will allow them to move off immediately as they will not be attempting to cut into traffic while trying to enter or leave a bay. Vehicles travelling behind the buses will have to wait or move to another lane. LTA chief Yam Ah Mee, who announced the trial yesterday, said: 'Today, average bus speeds during peak hours are around 17km per hour. We expect the new bus stops to increase average bus speeds by about 30 per cent, to about 25km per hour.' If the year-long trial - to be conducted together with road widening works in Jalan Eunos - is successful, the days could be numbered for bus bays all over Singapore, said Brigadier-General (NS) Yam. Jalan Eunos was selected for the trial because of its heavy traffic flow, which includes about 50 to 60 bus services an hour. The road-widening project, to be completed in 2009, will create an additional lane on both sides of the road. The bay-less stops - which the LTA refers to as 'linear bus stops' - will not affect the usual restrictions on bus lanes, which themselves figure in the authority's efforts to shorten commuters' journey times. The LTA will from this April expand the use of full-day bus lanes - currently out of bounds to motorists between 7.30am and 8pm on all days except Sunday - from the one in Orchard Road to five other locations in the city area. Other steps to tackle long waiting times, overcrowding and long travel times include allowing more premium bus services to provide direct routes to the city with the promise of a seat. Then there is the 'Move to the rear' campaign, which BG Yam launched at Pasir Ris Interchange yesterday. It will remind passengers to move to the rear so that more people can board the bus. Fifty-six buses on three services - 15, 27 and 36 - will have an onboard announcement system which will encourage people to move to the back of the bus. While this will help, what many bus drivers really want is the doing away of bus bays across the island. SBS Transit's Mr Liew told The Straits Times: 'It will definitely save time for me, as I won't have to waste time waiting for motorists to give way. As soon as commuters board, I can quickly continue on my route.' His passengers will most probably agree.