No more long bus rides?

No more long bus ride? More short-distance bus rides? Would this benefit us or trouble us instead?

Personally speaking, I do not actually think that more short-distance rides would actually benefit us at all. The intention of the LTA for pushing forth such a policy is so that they would be able to solve the problem off having too long waiting times for buses. However, in trying to tackle such a problem, the LTA might have actually inconvenience the rest of those who do not really mind the long bus waits. What are the advantages of having long bus rides that caused such a debate?

With the long bus rides, the commuters going to work or to school would be able to catch up on lost sleep. They wake up early in the morning so as to be able to reach their destination on time, and hope to catch up on lost sleep in the bus so as not to feel too tired later on in the day, but with such a new policy, would they still be able to catch up on lost sleep? Probably not. This is because with the new policy, there would be lesser long distance direct buses to get the commuters straight to their destination. With lesser direct buses, it means that they would have to transfer to a MRT station and taking an MRT to the station that is nearest to their destination and then taking another bus to get them to their destination. With more transfers around, how would they be able to sleep on the buses while going to their destinations, when they have to transfer buses every 20 minutes?

Furthermore, such a policy is also very troublesome to some commuters. To some commuters, such a policy would not be a problem to them, since they might be living near their destination or that their destination is right beside an MRT station. However, to some others, it is extremely troublesome. Why is this so? Simple. After taking a bus to the MRT station, they still have to take an MRT before reaching another MRT station and FINALLY reaching their destination after taking ANOTHER bus. Not only does such a policy prevent them from resting on the bus, it also causes a lot of trouble for certain commuters.

Apart from being unable to rest on the buses and it being very troublesome to many commuters, there is another problem for them to face, that is, even longer bus waits. The original purpose of the LTA proposing such a policy is so that the commuters would have to wait less for their buses. Have they actually thought that it may have backfired to those who need to transfer buses/trains often? Whenever they transfer buses/trains, they have to wait even longer for their buses every time?

I believe that with such a new bus policy, it does not actually help many commuters, but trouble them even more. Who knows? Such a policy might even result in them actually being LATE!