hOw  lOng  is  lOng-term ?

sIx  years ?

sIx lOng lOng lOng lOng lOng lOng years ?

A six-year wait – for shorter waiting times

MRT upgrading will take time but relief expected in May when Jurong East modifications are complete

Leong Wee Keat

weekeat@mediacorp.com.sg

bicycles and roller blades can solve the problems lar...free and easy

cathylmg      ( Date: 30-Aug-2010 12:46) Posted: There is only 1 problem left if this happens, which outweighs all other problem. That is how are they going to put a charge meter between your car and the sun? That is the question. pharoah88      ( Date: 25-Aug-2010 16:15) Posted: every  SINGAPOREAN  owns STRADDLER SOLAR CAR nO  mOre  bUses  and  MRT nO  mOre  FARES  cOllectIOn  eXcUses FREE  and  EASY

How to give the exact time of arrival and departure??? when :

Are singaporeans educated in  'using the roads in singapore'?   Bus Drivers have to take care of so many unpredictable incidents happenings DAILY, while driving the  big buses .  These unpredictable incidences could slow down the arrival/departure time at the bus terminals.

1) Pedestrains any how cross the roads, never bothered to use overhead bridge, zebra crossing or traffic lights, unless bus drivers allowed to drive thru these people and knock them down without going to prison or being sentenced to death,, you cant guarantee  a  pucture arr/dep time at bus terminal

2) Falling trees, heavey traffic jams, due to road accidents      etc...............unpredictables.

3) Ours is a small land and with so many traffic lights (designed to be used by  pedestrains,but, most failed to use them), and ERP, etc,  comparing to other cuontries , they have more straight roads and straight roads are easier to be monitored.

4) Bus drivers have to make sure pedestriasn seated down before he could move the bus off, if not,  complaints will be lodged against them.

Its hard to be a bus driver!!!!!

Take the guesswork out of the wait for the bus

I refer to Ms Angie Lim’s frustration over the unpredictable frequency of buses marring the benefits of our new distance-based fares (“New distance-based fare system cheaper but ...” Aug 23).

While I can appreciate that traffic delays lead to the unpredictability of bus schedules beyond the terminals, there can be no reason why departure timings at the terminals should be unpredictable.

I have on two occasions asked the Serangoon Bus Interchange control office for the departure schedule of a bus service, but the staff refused to provide the information, stating they do not have such a schedule.

When pressed further, the officer said that bus arrivals may be delayed, thus affecting departure times.

Is there a policy within SBS not to provide bus schedules?

How can we claim to have a world-class public transport system when the fundamental element of predictability is absent?

In many developed nations, the public bus transport system has arrival and departure times that are exact to the minute, at the terminals as well as at every stop along the journey. Singapore should strive to have the same.

Letter from Edm und Leong

can  SINGAPOREAN  BEAT  the  CHINESE ?

can  BONSAI  BEAT  the  BODHI  TREE ?

can  MERITOCRACY  BEAT  PHILANTHROPY ?

can  MERCENARY  BEAT  NOBILITY ?

nOte 1:  MERITOCRACY   leads  tO  MERCENARY

nOte 2:  PHILANTHROPY  leads  tO  NOBILITY