Was catching up on some old news on the newspapers today, and noticed another one of the SMRT rants along a small column of the Straits Times.
And I quote another from someone online.
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"This is just a LAME excuse by SMRT to raise train fares. SMRT claims that it will incur "additional" $5m costs each year, but the company conveniently forgot to mention how much more revenue it stands to make from running those additional train services (i.e. train fares), not to mention advertisement revenue.
SMRT is telling half-truths to get their train fare hike approved.....and I am sure the rubber-stamping PTC will agree to the hike later this year.
The increase in train service was to initially to ease overcrowding....but ended up being an excuse to raise train fares!!!! What will Raymond Lim say???" - ronintan @ http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Singapore/STIStory_239287.html
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Quite honestly, sometimes it drives me to become quite sad on how Singaporeans can never be contented and look on the bright side of whatever that we have at the moment. While we are significantly better off than many of other countries out there in terms of transportation, many of us here are still complaining about crowded trains and hikes in train fares.
To all those people out there. LIVE WITH IT.
In Singapore, during rush hours in the morning and afternoon, granted, the trains get so packed that we can do nothing more but wiggle ourselves out of the trains when needed. In fact, overcrowding in trains has even created the stereotype of the 'pushy-aunties', those that always, and I mean ALWAYS, manage to get on the train in any situation.
But even in the worse case scenario, this is what you see.
Taken from pkchukiss's photostream at flickr.com, coincidentally, the picture was labelled, 'Singapore's transportations system is an epic failure' with the tag, 'Crowded stations and trains. SMRT is an epic failure.'
What I have to show, is a video from our distant oriental friends.
Now, for whining Singaporeans who can't stand packed trains, my advice is not to visit Japan. You won't like it there.
Next on the list, hiking train fares. Or rather, the imminent rise of the train fares in the near future. For those still hiding in your caves with your computer without following the news, oil prices has hit the US$130 mark and is now hovering over the US$127 point. That means, everything's gonna go up in prices friends, whether you like it or not.
There's really nothing much to blame the SMRT for, if you want, blame the world for supporting itself on that 1 major energy source.
Or you could try creating that first efficient solar energy car that runs at night. =)
And if you're still not convinced, or you still need someone to blame, try yourselves. Yah, you'all wanted less packed trains right?
Less packed trains = More trains = More Fuel = More $!
You can do the rest of the maths.
Realize that this is a give and take situation. Sad to say, but dear fellow Singaporeans, this is not going to be a take and take situation. In the face of this economically unstable world at the moment, there ain't gonna be a satisfactory result.
I suggest, live with it, and just enjoy what we have now.
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However, there is something that really made me bang my head on the wall though.
Folded bicycles on board all trains and public buses, in a six—month trial.
O COMON, some folded bicycles are practically the size of the bicycle itself! I fear for accidents that might happen on the buses not just on the bicycle owners, but also those standing around him, if the bus was crowded.
But most importantly, on a more abstract view on the issue, let us save the bicycle the humiliation on traveling on the bus when its... a bicycle.
Its like Bill Gates playing the Wii. We know which one's the better product, but we don't need to make the other guy USE it right?
If the trials were to come through and be implemented, I suggest that only certain times would a folded bicycle be allowed up on a bus, preferably on non-rush hours, so reducing any problems that could happen and to save the dignity of the bicycles from a large number of onlookers.
Wow, haven't wrote something like this for a while. Think I'm starting to lose my touch.
And I quote another from someone online.
..
"This is just a LAME excuse by SMRT to raise train fares. SMRT claims that it will incur "additional" $5m costs each year, but the company conveniently forgot to mention how much more revenue it stands to make from running those additional train services (i.e. train fares), not to mention advertisement revenue.
SMRT is telling half-truths to get their train fare hike approved.....and I am sure the rubber-stamping PTC will agree to the hike later this year.
The increase in train service was to initially to ease overcrowding....but ended up being an excuse to raise train fares!!!! What will Raymond Lim say???" - ronintan @ http://www.straitstimes.com/Latest+News/Singapore/STIStory_239287.html
..
Quite honestly, sometimes it drives me to become quite sad on how Singaporeans can never be contented and look on the bright side of whatever that we have at the moment. While we are significantly better off than many of other countries out there in terms of transportation, many of us here are still complaining about crowded trains and hikes in train fares.
To all those people out there. LIVE WITH IT.
In Singapore, during rush hours in the morning and afternoon, granted, the trains get so packed that we can do nothing more but wiggle ourselves out of the trains when needed. In fact, overcrowding in trains has even created the stereotype of the 'pushy-aunties', those that always, and I mean ALWAYS, manage to get on the train in any situation.
But even in the worse case scenario, this is what you see.
Taken from pkchukiss's photostream at flickr.com, coincidentally, the picture was labelled, 'Singapore's transportations system is an epic failure' with the tag, 'Crowded stations and trains. SMRT is an epic failure.'
What I have to show, is a video from our distant oriental friends.
Now, for whining Singaporeans who can't stand packed trains, my advice is not to visit Japan. You won't like it there.
Next on the list, hiking train fares. Or rather, the imminent rise of the train fares in the near future. For those still hiding in your caves with your computer without following the news, oil prices has hit the US$130 mark and is now hovering over the US$127 point. That means, everything's gonna go up in prices friends, whether you like it or not.
There's really nothing much to blame the SMRT for, if you want, blame the world for supporting itself on that 1 major energy source.
Or you could try creating that first efficient solar energy car that runs at night. =)
And if you're still not convinced, or you still need someone to blame, try yourselves. Yah, you'all wanted less packed trains right?
Less packed trains = More trains = More Fuel = More $!
You can do the rest of the maths.
Realize that this is a give and take situation. Sad to say, but dear fellow Singaporeans, this is not going to be a take and take situation. In the face of this economically unstable world at the moment, there ain't gonna be a satisfactory result.
I suggest, live with it, and just enjoy what we have now.
..
However, there is something that really made me bang my head on the wall though.
Folded bicycles on board all trains and public buses, in a six—month trial.
O COMON, some folded bicycles are practically the size of the bicycle itself! I fear for accidents that might happen on the buses not just on the bicycle owners, but also those standing around him, if the bus was crowded.
But most importantly, on a more abstract view on the issue, let us save the bicycle the humiliation on traveling on the bus when its... a bicycle.
Its like Bill Gates playing the Wii. We know which one's the better product, but we don't need to make the other guy USE it right?
If the trials were to come through and be implemented, I suggest that only certain times would a folded bicycle be allowed up on a bus, preferably on non-rush hours, so reducing any problems that could happen and to save the dignity of the bicycles from a large number of onlookers.
Wow, haven't wrote something like this for a while. Think I'm starting to lose my touch.
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