Tag Archives: public transport

Last Friday, my 12-year-old son, who has autism, disappeared. I am so thankful to those who supported me in my search. I posted an appeal for help on Facebook, which was shared more than a thousand times. But how could he have taken a bus since he does not have a bus pass? Did the bus driver graciously give him a ride? It is almost impossible to search for a child with autism if he has taken public transport away from the original location. I hope that public transport operators will refrain from giving rides to children or adults who cannot pay and cannot explain why they cannot pay. Better still, they should alert the transport service's help station or contact the person's caregivers immediately.

Just who did the Public Transport Council (PTC) survey? 96.4% satisfied that the the services offered by MRT and bus improved? Wonder they survey all these people during non-peak hours, where there are no jam-packed public trains and buses, the buses arrived on time because all car drivers already at work, and MRT never breaks down. Try asking the commuters taking the train and buses during actual peak hours. Surely the result would have been 96.4% not satisfied.

COE is so expensive, yet Singaporeans continue to buy and use cars as their daily transportation. I found this breakdown on the internet and what it shows makes perfect sense. It is so much more expensive to buy a car than to rely on public transport. It is plain stupid to own a car in Singapore. It is tiring to drive and a waste of time to get stuck in the jam during morning and evening peak hour. I hope sillyporeans who still treat cars as status symbols to wake up their idea, no many how rich you are, you still die one day and none of the riches can be brought along.

I understand that in some countries – it may be cheaper to travel by bus, because a “lower fare by bus” may be deemed as a necessity for the lower-income. The consequence of a “standardised” fare structure may eventually make bus fares relatively higher than otherwise in a “differentiated” fare structure.

SMRT Corp and Land Transport Authority (LTA) are considering what to do with the Bukit Panjang LRT system, which has been problematic of late and due for a major overhaul at the end of its design life.

A Singaporean male has been been reported missing after entering Johor via the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link in Gelang Patah. On 15 Aug, Ow Xie En Nathan, 25, had entered Johor at 11am. He has not been heard of since.

I was waiting for the bus like everyday. Usually it is all full due to FT workers. Today it was full, but still got a bit of space behind, but the bus driver didn't even bother to open the doors to let me in.

I am an Ite graduate and i just got into polytechnic. I would like to share how LTA,which manages our ezlink card cheat students money by delaying our concession date even though we have already registered for polytechnic education or further education.

During a Parliamentary session on 5 April, Member of Parliament, Dr Lee Bee Wah informed that SMRT and SBS had received over 130 complains in a span of 3 years with regard to commuters who had refused to give up their seats.

As we are now talking about the third 5-year enabling masterplan for people with disabilities – why don’t we consider free public transport as a priority since we are one of the richest countries in the world – with a projected Budget surplus of $3.4 billion for the current financial year?