CNA938 Rewind - Recommendations put forth to improve safety of Singapore’s public buses, support drivers

A task force scrutinising the safety of public buses here has released a raft of recommendations to better support drivers. Among these are equipping buses with a collision warning system, capping the run times of new routes within two hours, and extending drivers’ meal breaks from 25 minutes to 30 minutes. Andrea Heng and Hairianto Diman look at how far these measures will improve the public bus experience with Assoc. Prof Raymond Ong, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Design and Engineering, NUS.