Thinking about scales

Singapore is far bigger than we usually think it is. It’s beneficial to urban planning to not think of our 728 sqkm space as merely one city, but much more.

More isn’t better

As we start getting three-door buses en masse, it’s important that we are clear of our design choices in buses, and the reasoning behind them.

Journey to the West

It’s a big day. With the release of the results for two bus packages, here’s our take on the operational situation moving forward.

Basics: Travel time

There’s more to trip times than meets the eye.

100 posts, and asking for more

Today, on 22 March 2023, the STC blog officially publishes its 100th post. And we address the question central to what STC does — why demand more?

Bus go vroom

Things happened on the night of the New Years’ countdown party. We take a look at what could have been done, A LOT better. At the same time, let’s discuss a type of bus service that’s underrated — the city direct.

Hub-and-Spoke: Yishun the microcosm

The way Yishun is planned very snugly fits the ideal “hub-and-spoke” model that LTA has been proposing. In the not good sense, obviously.

The long trunk problem

Long trunk bus routes carry benefits that many often overlook (thank the pro-rail lobby), but they have issues unique to them too. The main one: the runtime-safety tradeoff. Here’s a proposed solution.

10 years on, some lessons are still not learnt

It has been a decade since the start of large-scale train mania that eventually became a staple of everyday life. And we still haven’t learned.

Know what you measure

Would you measure someone’s fingers if you were studying their temperament?