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.

Revisiting Standards…and Benchmarks (Part I)

The first in a two-part series. The former of the two you see here is for managing service standards.

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?

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.

Benchmark = Backwards?

Enough with the fallacious manipulation of the gullible people, LTA! Here is something about benchmarking destroying our non-car transport projects.

A return to the heartlands…

…for our bus depots. Why shouldn’t we do so?

Financial “Prudence”

LTA mentioned that Service X is duplicated and wasting resources? Here’s the UNO reverse card to their claims: the irony of the agency attempting to save money.

In the event of a train disruption…

Or, a guide on what to do and NOT to do when a rail line goes down.

I am very disappointed.

At both Tower Transit and the bus enthu community.

Mythbusters – “runtime improvement”?

Hooray, Tower Transit made SYBP services faster… but will your rides become faster? Answer is counterintuitive.