The BIG Breakdown or Meltdown
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I was at City Hall MRT at 6.20pm. Luckily was earlier, if not I’ll see the big chaos.
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Interesting reads on EDMW and Stomp de… …
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Read this:
https://twitter.com/ChannelNewsAsia
\"resignations to take responsibilty \" :?
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1171733/1/.html
What's the use of apologising?
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She should not resign because of that message.
Let’s see. SMRT is corporate company. Corporate companies are to maximise profits so that the shareholders are happy.
Frequent train journeys do not maximise profits. Frequent train repairs and maintenance do not maximise profits.
Hence it is unnecessary.
Privatisation of SMRT is the answer! -
insider:
I can't even depend on cab drivers to know the way around Singapore. Remember I took a cab. After going off, cab driver told us don't know how to go budget terminal. :gloomy: And we are rushing off to catch a plane!last night I was raving to my daughter about the efficient bus system of Nanjing and she replied with news about this MRT broke down and how her friend was stuck on it.
I am currently in Nanjing. I only took one time of cab from the airport to the hotel, other than that, all moving around by buses.
I am very impressed with their bus system:
1) There are MANY buses plying different routes (they also have an MRT system but I prefer taking buses).
2) Per route is not long (probably 60 minutes per one way) and the distance between stops is about 1 to 2 km, meaning no sweat if missing a stop.
3) At EVERY station, there is CLEAR LABEL of the route of each bus.
4) At EVERY STOP, there will be PA system announcing clearly the station name. Unless one cannot hear, otherwise it is difficult to miss the station.
5) Transfers of buses are easy (aided by clear signboards).
6) Per trip regardless of distance is RMB2 (about S$0.40) if paid by cash. If paying with stored value card, should be cheaper. All old folks have old folks cards like us but I think they really paying minimal for their fare. Morning or night I see these old folks on buses and so I don't think they are restricted with specific hours for travelling in order to enjoy the concession.
7) Buses come FREQUENTLY/REGULARLY and I am yet to encounter a bus that I have to squeeze and 90% of the time I can get a seat!
I am totally blown away with this efficient system which unlike Singapore that many times I still have to figure out what buses go where, how to transfer, where to alight, etc. Nanjing buses may not look as comfy as ours (their buses are like our buses about 20 years ago), but I would anytime trade this comfort for great convenience.
This is my 5th day here, in a city that I've never been before and yet I never have fears of I will lose my way coz I have complete faith that there will definitely be a bus that will bring me back to my hotel safely. In Singapore, I never have this feeling (and I have to depend heavily on our cabs...)
Have we been taken for a ride by our transport company???
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Have to ask around other drivers by rolling the windows down... The taxi drivers should all be provided with GPRS system. -
Joule:
From the way I see from the response, doubt she will resign.She should not resign because of that message.
Let's see. SMRT is corporate company. Corporate companies are to maximise profits so that the shareholders are happy.
Frequent train journeys do not maximise profits. Frequent train repairs and maintenance do not maximise profits.
Hence it is unnecessary.
Privatisation of SMRT is the answer!
No accountability :? No compensation to affected passengers too :? Passengers que hours for taxi, pay for the increased taxi fares, or take few different buses to reach the location due to the crowds...walk around the places to find transport? Their problem :? So what breakdown :? Just apologise, say will look into the matter and then nothing...
Even if got fine, nothing goes back to affected passengers.
http://www.straitstimes.com/The-Big-Story/The-Big-Story-3/Story/STIStory_745993.html
See? No MRT services from Ang Mo Kio to Marina Bay stations -
MRT is down again, third time this week.
Train services between Ang Mo Kio and Marina Bay stations were disrupted Saturday morning, in the third service breakdown this week for Singapore Mass Rapid Transit (SMRT).
In its latest update at about 10.55 am, SMRT said the southbound train service between Toa Payoh and Newton is now available.
The southbound service between Newton and Marina Bay stations is not available.
The northbound train service between Raffles Place and Jurong East stations is available.
The train service between Raffles Place and Toa Payoh stations is running at reduced frequencies, but the northbound train service between Marina Bay and Raffles Place is not available.
Bus bridging service is available between Ang Mo Kio and Bishan stations, between Ang Mo Kio and Raffles Place stations, as well as between Marina Bay and City Hall stations.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/1171888/1/.html -
We are not perfect.
There is certainly room for improvement.
BUT we have to be reasonable to ourselves.
Nanjing is 6958 km square in area with a 8m population and
Singapore after reclaiming land from 580+ to 723 km square with a population of over 4m, are we talking about the same transport problem statement here?
I believe in Nanjang you can get a seat each time you get on the bus and rightfully so as they can afford to with that kind of vast land.
Do I want to get a seat and hv congested roads everyday on the road?
NO!
While it is great to learn from our neighbours and friends, it is also necessary to look at our own given conditions. Comparing will not get us far but acknowledging our constraints and make the best of it will. Is this not the same with parenting? Knowing what our kids are born with and make the best out of them instead of trying to be Mozart or Einstein when they are not and never will be?
As for the breakdown of our MRT, after over 20 years of pretty clean record of no major glitches and smooth ride, I find it acceptable for an error due to wear and tear. Any fatalities due to this? No, so don’t be so harsh on ourselves. Trauma, yes and SMRT has tried their part to reduce that. Even my small house of over 10 years is breaking down on me in every way you cannot imagine but I think it is normal wear and tear. I have been traumatized by my house breakdown for the whole year now but still I am glad that I am living in the comfort of my home.
There is one thing however I feel should not happen is the increase of the MRT price. -
taking northbound train from Bishan MRT today after 2pm, and found no fare was deducted......
fare deduction system also faulted or is it a complimentary trip today?? :? -
I am not sure that having a profit-making transport monopoly makes things more efficient. Profits can be reported after…
(1) squeezing maintenance budgets
(2) raising prices of tickets
We all know that ticket prices keep going up… even more frequently than rice prices go up. With this widespread breakdown, one might guess that maintenance and equipment renewal budgets have also been squeezed.
Other Singaporean profit-driven transport companies can also make profits by raising taxi fares and squeezing taxi drivers. Profit driven does not necessarily mean efficiency (especially when it is NOT a free market). It can mean EXPLOITATION.
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