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Buses back then had no air-condition. The company of these buses were STC.(SINGAPORE TRACTION COMPANY) From what i heard from most of the people who took this bus, most said it was smelly and humid.

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The MRT system was first proposed in 1967 by the planners of the State and City Planning Project, which had been initiated in the same year to guide the physical development of Singapore. The MRT proposal was later incorporated into the Ring Concept Plan (also known as the 1971 Concept Plan) in April 1970. The MRT system aimed to serve as an island-wide public transport system to improve connectivity between the city centre and residential areas, as well as to ease traffic congestion and reduce pollution.

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Unable to cope with existing financial difficulties and competition from the regional companies, the STC eventually discontinued bus operations in 1971, with its remaining bus fleet being split up between the three regional companies(. Amalgamated Bus Company in the west, Associated Bus Services in the east and United Bus Company in the north.)Service quality did not make great improvement however, with breakdowns and complaints from passengers being very common. Eventually in 1973, the Singapore government persuaded the three regional companies to merge to form a single entity called Singapore Bus Services (SBS)

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In 1984, SBS trialled its first air-conditioned buses, the Mercedes-Benz OF1413/61, on route 168.

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When the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) opened in 1987, bus services were further rationalised such that buses complemented the MRT by “feeding” commuters into the MRT network. Fares for both buses and the MRT were also coordinated together from 1987 with the setting of the Public Transport Council that year whereas magnetic stored value cards were implemented across the entire bus network to streamline fare payment earlier in 1986.

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The mrt system established its first 5 stations in Yio Chu Kang, Ang Mo Kio, Bishan, Braddell and Toa Payoh

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nine more stations were added, allowing commuters to travel from Novena to Raffles Place on the North-South Line, and from Outram Park to Raffles Place on the East-West Line.

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By 1996, SBS had expanded far beyond public bus operations to include tourist transport (SBS Leisure), taxis (Citycab) and engineering works (SBS Engineering)

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On 3 April 2020, 10 units of Yutong E12 electric buses debuted on SMRT Buses services 944 and 983, on Tower Transit services 66 and 990, and on Go-Ahead service 15

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With the COVID-19 pandemic emerging across the world in 2020, the Singapore government introduced circuit breaker (lockdown) measures to curb the spread of the virus responsible for COVID-19. Under these measures, selected public bus services were suspended in 2 tranches, with adjustments made later. The first tranche of suspended bus services took effect from Wednesday, 8 April 2020, while the second tranche of bus service suspensions started from Wednesday, 15 April 2020.The suspensions lasted till Monday, 1 June 2020; Express and City Direct services were all resumed after 1 June 2020, and Trunk service 401 and 926 were still suspended for now.

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Now, we have a range of bus interchanges and mrt stations which are very convenient! Everywhere you go, you can find a bus stop or a mrt station nearby. It really is that convenient! Not only that, it is fast and do not cause as much harm as many people using cars.