I think it is about time we make good use of this platform to discuss about how to improve our public transport system in Singapore. ( seems that many topics posted here are not related to transport )

yes, there have been many improvements in some ways in recent years , but I believe everyone agrees with me there is much room for improvement in our buses and MRT trains. Even also our taxis too.

Do hope we can hear some suggestions or ideas from some of you about this. Let's have a rich discussion here  in My TransportTown.sg.

One suggestion I would like to bring up is that there ought to be more new bus services which goes from one MRT station to another MRT station which is of another different line, say from the North-South Line to North-East Line or to the Circle Line. So that this would give we the commuters another new alternative to think about how to change to another MRT line without taking all the way to a particular MRT interchange station as this particular interchange may seem too crowded to many or it may take too long to reach this particular MRT interchange.

The existing public transport is not capable of coping with a population of 5 million, of which 2 million is made up of Foreign Talents.

I doubt any suggestions here would be taken into serious consideration by the relevant authorities.

The way to move forward is to write in to feedback@lta.gov.sg

You have to give people a choice to take a bus or train. When the NEL is in operation, they took out a lot of buses, forcing commuters to take trains which is totally unacceptable.

BTW is PRIVATE transport, not public transport.

hum.. maybe we can have a express line with only max 5 stop to build just next to MRT like eg: West will start from Boonlay ---> Queenstown ------> Tanjong Pagar ----- > Bedok ------ >Pasir Ris (End east), this will shorten the route for those traveling far distance.

I would oso suggest to reduce pollution by changing buses to be power by electric, cos sometime will see some buses producing heavy black smoke...

To totally solve the heavy human traffic during peak hours cannot just depend on the provider to increase number of trips and train... cos no matter how the MRT will always be full... one way to REDUCE this maybe they can consider is, instead of starting off from 1st station, they can send empty train to start from mid station.. that will help to ease the wait for most mid station's passengers and oso letting them have a chance to get a seat :)

Posted By cjy666 on 14 Dec 2010 08:23 PM
hum.. maybe we can have a express line with only max 5 stop to build just next to MRT like eg: West will start from Boonlay ---> Queenstown ------> Tanjong Pagar ----- > Bedok ------ >Pasir Ris (End east), this will shorten the route for those traveling far distance.

I would oso suggest to reduce pollution by changing buses to be power by electric, cos sometime will see some buses producing heavy black smoke...

To totally solve the heavy human traffic during peak hours cannot just depend on the provider to increase number of trips and train... cos no matter how the MRT will always be full... one way to REDUCE this maybe they can consider is, instead of starting off from 1st station, they can send empty train to start from mid station.. that will help to ease the wait for most mid station's passengers and oso letting them have a chance to get a seat :)

I support the idea of having an express line for the MRT. Perhaps someone would help to bring this suggestion up to LTA?

Posted By kkm on 14 Dec 2010 11:58 PM

Posted By cjy666 on 14 Dec 2010 08:23 PM
hum.. maybe we can have a express line with only max 5 stop to build just next to MRT like eg: West will start from Boonlay ---> Queenstown ------> Tanjong Pagar ----- > Bedok ------ >Pasir Ris (End east), this will shorten the route for those traveling far distance.

I would oso suggest to reduce pollution by changing buses to be power by electric, cos sometime will see some buses producing heavy black smoke...

To totally solve the heavy human traffic during peak hours cannot just depend on the provider to increase number of trips and train... cos no matter how the MRT will always be full... one way to REDUCE this maybe they can consider is, instead of starting off from 1st station, they can send empty train to start from mid station.. that will help to ease the wait for most mid station's passengers and oso letting them have a chance to get a seat :)

I support the idea of having an express line for the MRT. Perhaps someone would help to bring this suggestion up to LTA?

love the idea of the express line! but then comes the problem of which stations should be selected for the express line? ppl in the end would still complain ,.. like how come these stations got express but not for the stations they are at... im sure if you can think of this.. LTA would also have thought of it before! i dunno.. just my 2 cents worth.. =p

Posted By luxymei on 15 Dec 2010 12:17 AM

Posted By kkm on 14 Dec 2010 11:58 PM

Posted By cjy666 on 14 Dec 2010 08:23 PM
hum.. maybe we can have a express line with only max 5 stop to build just next to MRT like eg: West will start from Boonlay ---> Queenstown ------> Tanjong Pagar ----- > Bedok ------ >Pasir Ris (End east), this will shorten the route for those traveling far distance.

I would oso suggest to reduce pollution by changing buses to be power by electric, cos sometime will see some buses producing heavy black smoke...

To totally solve the heavy human traffic during peak hours cannot just depend on the provider to increase number of trips and train... cos no matter how the MRT will always be full... one way to REDUCE this maybe they can consider is, instead of starting off from 1st station, they can send empty train to start from mid station.. that will help to ease the wait for most mid station's passengers and oso letting them have a chance to get a seat :)

I support the idea of having an express line for the MRT. Perhaps someone would help to bring this suggestion up to LTA?

love the idea of the express line! but then comes the problem of which stations should be selected for the express line? ppl in the end would still complain ,.. like how come these stations got express but not for the stations they are at... im sure if you can think of this.. LTA would also have thought of it before! i dunno.. just my 2 cents worth.. =p

I think I am just too excited and supportive of the express line idea! I have just emailed to LTA about this suggestion and I have suggested to LTA to carry out a feedback exercise to find out what other people think about this. :)

Did you set LTA a timeline to carry out this feedback exercise?

Otherwise, knowing how civil service functions internally with endless red tape, a simple process may take years to complete.

I find the bus system here cld be improved -more frequency, stops at strategic locations,more peak hour bus lanes. Using minibus to go to hard to reach places and travelling longer / further -may reduce reliance on Cars and diversify reliance on only the MRT
-as a non car owner, and recently returned Singaporean, reliance on the train as alternative has seem to have ousted the bus systems reliance. I tried taking the bus from Parkway to Tampines, and it took forever bus was real slow...Now I am considering purchasing a car ...When I was in HK the one thing that stood out was the efficiency of the transport- bus/minibuses ( although they drive like F1 drivers n yr life is at risk)/ mtr/ ferry/ ever efficient taxis -did not have to consider car. Downside- pollution fr all these vehicles....

Some express services would certainly help - they do this a lot on the NY and Tokyo subway, with services that run on the same tracks but stop only at major stations every two or three stops, as well as separate local trains that stop at every station.

Several of the new interchange stations are terrible - dhoby ghaut, outram park, serangoon, bishan - all have ridiculously long walks to change lines. I understand that in these cases, the new lines were retrofitted to old stations, and they probably didn't want to interfere with the old station while the new one was being built. But having to walk for half a kilometer, and go up and down several escalators for an eternity to save closing the station for a few months during eternity seems to have been a poor compromise to me!

Meanwhile, the interchanges at city hall / raffles place are superbly designed, with platforms directly above each other, and the way the lines swap over so that you can always interchange just by crossing the platform at the same level at one of the stations. It's hard to believe that such good and bad interchanges coexist in the same system!

Singapore's public transport was superb, until the govt started expanded the population by one third in recent yrs by welcoming Foreign Talents with open arms, WITHOUT first improving the public transport infrastructure to cope with the increased demand.

Whichever incompetent Minister(s) who caused this shd be brought to task!

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