SBS buses are quite good in a sense that they are always there.... but not at night much....

well in some cases in other country like in malaysia. At my place you have to walk about 1.24 miles just only to the bus stop but you have to wait for the bus till up 3 to 4 hours, and thats we call that not a good service i think the buses in singapore are negotiable, only the the bus fare is expensive.

But just try to estimate your time to the destination you want i bet when you plan properly. there's no problem to it...

yup compared when you had cars you have to re fuel your petrol and that cost you money, the parking lots ? ERP ??? ETC....etc....

If got money better take taxi la...

Buses, buses, buses. We see them everywhere on the road. Most of us have commuted on them at some point in our lives. Many of us have relied on this mode of transportation at least half of our lives, from our schooling days to our working lives.
SBS has come a long way from the days when fare collection is done by a bus conductor to its use of a e-zlink card reader today.

Thus it comes as some surprise that some of our buses still do not have air-conditioning. And the waiting time for some buses still remain long, even during non-peak hours we could wait up to 20 mins if we miss a bus. For example, No.154. I wonder if the day will come when we can beat our sweltering tropical climate with some fans installed in our bus stops as we wait for the bus to chug along. Another complaint that I share with everybody else is, of course, the lack of seating places during peak hours.

But apart from the above gripes, most of our buses are clean and safe.

SBS buses are quite good in a sense that they are always there.... but not at night much....

well in some cases in other country like in malaysia. At my place you have to walk about 1.24 miles just only to the bus stop but you have to wait for the bus till up 3 to 4 hours, and thats we call that not a good service i think the buses in singapore are negotiable, only the the bus fare is expensive.

But just try to estimate your time to the destination you want i bet when you plan properly. there's no problem to it...

yup compared when you had cars you have to re fuel your petrol and that cost you money, the parking lots ? ERP ??? ETC....etc....

Really waste money when you have cars on your own try to buy the foldable bicycle its kinda convienent cause you take bus then if your destination nearby just cycle or mavbe brisk walking...... [can lose your weight if you brisk walk everyday]....

Buses buses buses. Where in the world would we be without them?
They ferry us to work and ferry us home. Comes at a pretty regular timing and gets the job done. Now, there are even more reasons to take the bus since the price of oil is increasing like the end of the world is coming and the gov is helping out by imposing more fines on an already crowded road so that buses now have the power of the right of way during peak hours. So we should all switch to using buses and ditch our cars......or should we?

Now, i'll take my stand and say my answer is no. I'll be basing my idea on the bus service 27 that goes from Hougang to Changi Airport and back.

Reasons are as follows:

1: Buses do not come at regular intervals.
We've heard this countless times and the morning working adult population who needs to get to work at a certain time have definitely felt this. Regardless of the implementations of rules and fines, buses simply still come late. Of course, we've seen the compaign they ran about "unseen reasons" behind the lateness but honestly, poor planning is as much a factor. 27 is not a new service, in fact, its been ongoing for 8 years at least and still no improvement is seen. Buses are still packed and still late.

2: Buses with huge traffic do not get upgrade to double decks.
Same problem, bad planning. 27 has a big enough traffic to at least warrant a double deck bus for its services. This kills 2 birds with one stone since it'll allow people to board faster with its bigger capacity and thus will not delay the bus journey. However, till now, it is still not done. The reasoning continues to elude me as to why there's no upgrade.

3: Space is simply not sufficient and squeezing with a whole bunch of people simply isn't a great feeling. Especially since i'm paying close to $2 to go on a journey to work, at least i expect a little space to breathe and hopefully sit down. Somehow, paying to be packed like sardines does not entice me one bit.

4: With company comes inconsiderate people and to keep it short, they irritate the hell out of me.

In its defense, i do not blame the bus drivers although sometimes, i do need to. (Try being 30 minutes late for an important meeting because the driver insists on driving 30km/h on an EMPTY road and you'll get the idea). Otherwise, they are not to blame. The planning department is the problem. They need to wake up and smell the thorns. We're all a part of the system, make life better for us all eh?