Every morning as we enter the public transport, be it the 190 bus or the North-East line, things like overcrowding, people being squeezed, waiting for the next train ... has become common sight to commuters nowadays.
The underlying reasons behind this trend seem to be the increasing young generations picking up public transport as a viable and cheaper alternative to car, as well as the more frequent need to travel to the city that can provide business, socializing and shopping needs. Furthermore, the rise in number of "lines" and bus routes in our system makes it more convenient and attractive to use public transport.
The government claims to have solutions to the problem, and tells Singaporeans that they can be rest assured the problem would be solved.
However, the statistics are - the project to increase the number of trains on the North-South line can only be finished by 2020, and even by then, carriage load can only be increased by 20%. In fact, it is estimated that our population would increase by another 3 million then.
Is this really a viable solution to this long term problem? I doubt so.
In my opinion, here are some solutions I think the government can consider.
- Instead of working on increasing train carriage, which presently is too slow, the government should curb and increase filtering regulations on foreigners wishing to become Singaporeans.
- Spend more time, effort and money on increasing number of trains.
- Increase bus and MRT fares for commuters
- Since increasing bus speed through buying buses is much more convenient and much faster than increasing MRT carriage load and waiting speed, the government can consider initiatives and policies to encourage commuters to take bus instead.
In general, I think this matter is something the government should pay more attention and money to.
Let Singaporeans go to work on time.
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