To Give Way to Buses * Singapore - Mandatory Scheme at Three Locations
Buses spend about 10 per cent of their total journey time trying to exit from bus bays...Singapore -RizkiBeo the Transporter -January 31, 2009: -- To give more priority to buses on our roads the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will introduce a pilot scheme to make it mandatory to give way to all buses exiting at 23 selected bus stops located along three roads. This scheme will complement and further enhance the effectiveness of existing bus priority measures, such as bus lanes... From 20 December 2008 onwards, special yellow boxes and triangular give way to buses markings will be painted in front of selected bus stops along Bukit Batok East Avenue 3, Toh Tuck Road and Ang Mo Kio Avenue 8... Signs will also be installed ahead of these bus stops to warn motorists they are approaching a bus stop where they must give way to buses... An earlier study showed that buses spend about 10 per cent of their total journey time trying to exit from bus bays...
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