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Buses play an integral role in our hub-and-spoke public transport system design, connecting commuters to and from transport hubs.
As the central planner for the public bus network, LTA is responsible for designing bus routes to ensure an integrated public transport system where commuters are connected seamlessly across both bus and rail services.
To improve commuters’ overall journey experience, LTA works with bus operators to make regular adjustments to the public bus network based on travel demand. We also design our road infrastructure to prioritise buses, to give commuters more reliable journeys.
The Government set standards on the quality of services that operators need to meet, and works closely with tripartite partners to uphold the highest standards of safety. The Bus Safety Tripartite Taskforce, formed in July 2024, has made comprehensive recommendations to enhance bus safety across all operational aspects and improve the well-being of bus captains, including fleetwide implementation of technological systems and tools to further improve bus captains’ situational awareness, as well as keeping new bus routes’ scheduled runtime to within two hours. The recommendations made by the Bus Safety Tripartite Taskforce can be found here.
