The four public bus operators here are looking to collectively hire a total of 1,200 Singaporeans as bus captains this year.
Transport operator ComfortDelGro has bought four Volvo buses fitted with collision warning and automatic emergency braking.
The training includes how to identify people with dementia, how to approach and communicate with them, and how to reunite them with their families.
The ComfortDelGro Corp is acquiring the private bus chartering assets of local bus operator Ric-Tat Travel & Coach Services.
ComfortDelgro, the largest operator with a 60 percent market share, said two days ago that it would pass on the savings, without giving details.
Bus operator Go-Ahead Singapore now has more than the 700 drivers it was looking to hire and is ready to launch a new route in April.
New bus operators like Tower Transit and Go-Ahead have made an impact on Singapore's bus industry in several areas, including bus driver wages.
Singapore's newest bus operator - U.K.-based company Go-Ahead - has launched 13 bus services in Punggol, with 11 more to be launched in two weeks' time.
Set up by the Ministry of Education in January last year, the new IBSB website ensures more transparency with details of fares and operators.
Go-Ahead Singapore will launch its operations on 4th September, and ply routes serving commuters in the Pasir Ris and Punggol areas.
Go-Ahead Singapore, the island's fourth bus operator is training its drivers to advise riders on what the journey ahead will be like.
Go-Ahead, which will start services in Q3, is close to filling all driver positions, and opens Loyang bus depot on Sunday.
The tender for the third Government bus contract - named the Seletar package - was called yesterday, attracting interest from several companies and consortiums.
The Land Transport Authority called a tender for the third Government bus contract - called the Seletar package - to run 26 bus routes.
Tower Transit's first nine services have hit the roads and the third bus operator is likely to bid in the next tender, likely in June, to run more routes.
The second Government bus contract has been awarded to a foreign public transport operator, British operator, the Go-Ahead Group.
Singapore's third bus operator, Tower Transit, took another step towards hitting the roads here yesterday when it took over the Bulim Bus Depot.
London-based Tower Transit beat seven other firms including local players SBS Transit and SMRT Buses to win the inaugural government bus contract.
A trial to improve bus service reliability has shown that operators are running some of their vehicles more punctually, but commuters don't feel so.
A novel and creative 'carrot-and-stick' approach to get bus operators to improve their service reliability is yielding encouraging results.