Fare Hike

I've just watched the news on Shanghai's MRT fare hike, due to the fact that their MRT is overcrowded, so they decided to have a fare hike to solve the prob.

Ya right. Since when did fare hike help?

I do not understand why the countries have the same mentality. Its Singapore lately then now Shanghai.

When its congested, u use a fare hike to solve the prob. What kind of logic is that?

Even if you increased the fare, the same no. of people will still need to go home right? And if its convenient to go home by bus, who the hell will want to squeeze in a overcrowded train in the first place?

In Singapore, taking a public transport during peak hours is crazy. Be it Bus, or Mrt, or cab, or car. Every where is congested. Not becoz of cheap fares or watsoever.

Government has been trying to promote public transport to own vehicles. Thereby, they increase road tax, ERPs, with the idea that somehow, due to increase of monetary issues, people will take the buses and trains. But they have failed to see how packed the buses and trains already are.

Thats cause they themselves never take the public transport. SImple as that.

And then, now that you sort of want to clear the traffic on the road to force people to take public transport, u increase the MRT and Buses' fares. Ha, this is sooooooo clever of you, eh?

What crap. I am so fed up.

The morning and evening trains are so packed (cause i stay in the north region, by the time the train reaches my station, its already too packed). The buses are overcrowded. I couldnt get any taxis in the morning. And even if i do, i have to pay an extra of $5.50 for the ERP through CTE.

Even with the heart to pay more, i am still stuck in jams.

Fine, even if you travel along the roads without the increased ERP, you will be in a longer jam. Cause apparently, you are not the onloy one who know how to cheat.

U pay more, u jam, u pay less u jam, u take bus, u also jam, u take train, its so packed that sometimes u can't get on the train and you become miserable out of it. And the worst thing is, we have to live with these for the rest of our lives here in Sg. And for the freaking experience, we have to pay more and more.

Damn it. Now that makes me hate working.

Increasing the fares ultimately only result in one conclusion. It make us citizens grumble more and more. Cause apparently, the issues were never solved or improved.

Apparently, the problem is not with the fares. The whole freaking problem is clearly that we are OVERPOPULATED!!! We do not have enough roads, vehicles, public tranports for everybody. I know this is inevitable cause i don't expect you to start shooting us like the poor pigeons.

Yeah, i know the circus line is coming. But im not smelling it. And how effectively it is, we do not know.

Holy crap, you do not solve congested problems by increasing the fares. People still need to work, and people still need to come home.

I think this is the disadvantage of staying in a small developed city. I know New York's the same, and i also know KL's the same. I also know the scary prices of fares that Hong Kong, Japan, etc, have. But its different, you have to judge the standard of living in a country, not comparing durians to rambutans.

Sigh... I need to go take the mrt now. Non peak period.