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Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:51 PM
Uh well there was an article on it in today's Straits Times
Thought I would like to talk about it For me, distance fare eats up more money than I used to pay (and yes I'm talking about before the 3% recession rebate rate) But before you have anything to say about that I should clarify that I am a student. Just weeks ago I went out with my classmates to Orchard the 2 stop MRT ride actually cost more than what I had to pay for a trip from my house to Cityhall (which is around 10 stops I guess) before the new system came out I do understand that the new fare is meant to be fairer. But in what sense? Fairer when judged against how much the adults have to pay? That doesn't make sense. I don't earn an income. Fairer against other students? But they pay the exact same amount as I did before the new system plus there's the cap for students so it eventually means that we still pay the same. So where does the fairness come in? And I'm saying this because the reason for the new system is such that it will be more 'fair' compared to the old system (which was 'unfair' but I don't understand why it was for a student that is.) In addition the new cap for students' fare is like much higher so whether or not I'm travelling long distance or short distance, I have to pay more I understand that if I make a transfer I would save money But why would I want to do that? I'm living in the West side which has only one MRT line (with no new ones coming up in anytime soon) and very limited bus services to town (one to be exact) so if I go to town the logical way would be to take a single trip on the public transport In the article it also says that the figures showing that 68% of commuters pay less are based on weekly usage of public transport ASSUMING that the people take a different route for different days I would like to ask then how often does a commuter change his or her route? If it refers to the weekends I understand as people will go to different places to have fun But what about the rest of the week? for a working adult, it'll just be from home to work, and from work to home for me, it's just home to school, and from school to home I have a direct bus to school so I take it everyday. But I wouldn't suddenly go take an MRT and change to a bus just because the MRT station near school has more buses that goes to school OHH but I just read the rest of the article It says that the new system is fairer because for the length of travel it would cost the same regardless of the method taken to reach the place my mistake about the previous few paragraphs then. But still I pay more because they've up the cap ANYWAY. regardless of the number of transfers I'm taking. PLUS PLUS PLUS It's meant to benefit those who make transfers normally since they get to pay the same as others who do not transfer Then what about those who never needed the transfer? The authorities say they would need to once the new lines are out and that they will then understand the new fare system when they transfer under the new MRT line THEN MAKE ME MORE LINES ON MY SIDE OF THE ISLAND I am not benefitting in anyway now nor will I in the future New lines are all in the central or East side which has nothing to do with me! I should probably move house to enjoy the new benefits? HAHA And yes I totally agree with the part in the article that says that many people are unhappy with the new fare because the underlying reason is due to long waits for buses I experience it almost everyday with a bus that comes once every 30mins during non-peak hours and still come every 30mins - 1hour during peak hours (just that 3 of the same buses like to come together) so once you miss the bus Have fun waiting! Singapore has a good extensive public transport system (if you only look at the central and East of the island) But the service..... Those who take public transport will understand. Doesn't anyone realise the underlying problem with the huge crowd at Jurong East MRT station? Because that's the only MRT station that allows you to reach the West side of the island Unlike the East (stares at Tampiness which has 3 MRT stations coming up) I was laughing like shit when they said the new Circle Line would benefit people I don't even have a reason to take that Line because anywhere I want to go from my house I have to take the old Lines! What a joke about the new lines. |
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Saturday, August 21, 2010 @ 1:51 PM
Uh well there was an article on it in today's Straits Times
Thought I would like to talk about it For me, distance fare eats up more money than I used to pay (and yes I'm talking about before the 3% recession rebate rate) But before you have anything to say about that I should clarify that I am a student. Just weeks ago I went out with my classmates to Orchard the 2 stop MRT ride actually cost more than what I had to pay for a trip from my house to Cityhall (which is around 10 stops I guess) before the new system came out I do understand that the new fare is meant to be fairer. But in what sense? Fairer when judged against how much the adults have to pay? That doesn't make sense. I don't earn an income. Fairer against other students? But they pay the exact same amount as I did before the new system plus there's the cap for students so it eventually means that we still pay the same. So where does the fairness come in? And I'm saying this because the reason for the new system is such that it will be more 'fair' compared to the old system (which was 'unfair' but I don't understand why it was for a student that is.) In addition the new cap for students' fare is like much higher so whether or not I'm travelling long distance or short distance, I have to pay more I understand that if I make a transfer I would save money But why would I want to do that? I'm living in the West side which has only one MRT line (with no new ones coming up in anytime soon) and very limited bus services to town (one to be exact) so if I go to town the logical way would be to take a single trip on the public transport In the article it also says that the figures showing that 68% of commuters pay less are based on weekly usage of public transport ASSUMING that the people take a different route for different days I would like to ask then how often does a commuter change his or her route? If it refers to the weekends I understand as people will go to different places to have fun But what about the rest of the week? for a working adult, it'll just be from home to work, and from work to home for me, it's just home to school, and from school to home I have a direct bus to school so I take it everyday. But I wouldn't suddenly go take an MRT and change to a bus just because the MRT station near school has more buses that goes to school OHH but I just read the rest of the article It says that the new system is fairer because for the length of travel it would cost the same regardless of the method taken to reach the place my mistake about the previous few paragraphs then. But still I pay more because they've up the cap ANYWAY. regardless of the number of transfers I'm taking. PLUS PLUS PLUS It's meant to benefit those who make transfers normally since they get to pay the same as others who do not transfer Then what about those who never needed the transfer? The authorities say they would need to once the new lines are out and that they will then understand the new fare system when they transfer under the new MRT line THEN MAKE ME MORE LINES ON MY SIDE OF THE ISLAND I am not benefitting in anyway now nor will I in the future New lines are all in the central or East side which has nothing to do with me! I should probably move house to enjoy the new benefits? HAHA And yes I totally agree with the part in the article that says that many people are unhappy with the new fare because the underlying reason is due to long waits for buses I experience it almost everyday with a bus that comes once every 30mins during non-peak hours and still come every 30mins - 1hour during peak hours (just that 3 of the same buses like to come together) so once you miss the bus Have fun waiting! Singapore has a good extensive public transport system (if you only look at the central and East of the island) But the service..... Those who take public transport will understand. Doesn't anyone realise the underlying problem with the huge crowd at Jurong East MRT station? Because that's the only MRT station that allows you to reach the West side of the island Unlike the East (stares at Tampiness which has 3 MRT stations coming up) I was laughing like shit when they said the new Circle Line would benefit people I don't even have a reason to take that Line because anywhere I want to go from my house I have to take the old Lines! What a joke about the new lines. |
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