ERP helps more S'poreans to own cars: Minister

last SG · 2007-10-23T22:39:58+00:00

I have RSS feed to Reuter's "Oddly enough". Lets see if it appears.

kramnave SG

ERP is supposed to regulate the flow of traffic but ultimately many Singaporeans feel that it has failed its objectives. Many also complain about the cost of ERP. Is it time to realise why ERP is costing drivers money ? If drivers feel that it is expensive then don’t drive into those areas or don’t drive at all. Why drive in, say that it doesn’t work and complain that its expensive ?

funnyboii SG

this is a personal thinking
we enter ERP 4 to 8 times a day that can become a taxi fair for to go thru n flow

car ownership have to pay hidden cost like petrol,mantience,battery water,black oil,summons,parking,car loans.

just imagine a car loan a month of $500 for ten years.petrol for 3 to 4 days for a 1.8 litres car is $100 if one month =$700,parking as per/hour $1.20 10 hour park is $12 one month is $360 dun talk abt suay suay tio summon,minium summon cost $60 one month ur car cost u $1700 dollar..

i think i take taxi i still got balane a lot to spent man

thru n flow for work than go home is $20 a day count it as 26 days work $560
no petrol charge no parking charge n no summon charge is $560..
go out with friend (not always mah) night spot drink n take taxi thru n flow $30 make it 4 time a month =$120 one month total bill is $60

n dun forget just drive ther half a hour to work,but park 8 hour than drive another half hour home car onli use 1 hour a day than send gf go home by car ( anyway girls nowaday no car cannot one u noe i noe will do sometimes even compare why friend bf car is this n that model why dun u change car u noe i noe will do )

haben count ERP HOR .per enter is $1 dollar enter 4 times lah $4 a day one month $120 u see own car if pay onli 2k u onli left with $200 dollar eat wat eat roti everyday huh

extrinsic SG

Hi Rock^Star,

for a start, 1st, i'm not a pap supporter, when they came to contest at my grc.
and btw, i dun trust any statistics from them. hell knows where the statistics came from. During sch, the thing i knew abt statistics is that they are (mostly) fake and twisted.

the things i trust are facts and figures.
anyway, though what raymond lim said is truth, however i just wish to express my doubt on the intention of ERP. ERP in the first place is meant to lessen the traffic jam, and not to encourage more drivers.

extrinsic SG

btw, just some thoughts, erp does ease (abit) of the traffic flow, from personal experience.

and my words for forumers who complained abt erp increase is: take public transport, or avoid the roads or drive after erp is off.
there are many choices. if the drivers choose to go through the erp, it's your choice, no1 point gun ask u to go through erp de.

the thing i'm oni concern is that erp is meant to lessen traffic, not encouraging more drivers, but from what i see, more drivers = more heavy traffic = defeats the initial purpose.
IMHO, they sld increase the COE, road tax and THAT would really lessen the traffic conditions.

extrinsic SG

the solution to your problem, u said it urself.
dun drive, take taxi, public transport. simple

TheGoodEarth SG

Running is cheaper than car, now, before and forever....

But quite frankly -- car ownership, roads, traffic jams, road taxes, charges, fees, car prices, parking, accidents -- have been a problem in modern societies when walking and horsing are no longer preferred.
Anyone who can come up with a solution to solve all the above to the satisfaction of everyone - those who desire to own cars, those who want to get from point A to B without any hassle, accident-free, fast and cheap (if possible free) - will have my VOTE to be the Transport Minister.

BaByBoY SG

i am not anti public transport
but sometimes it really takes up too much time to wait for it or the time it takes to travel.

simple places short distances away needs more than 30 mins to get there where a car takes only 5. thanks to the many stops and windy routes.

ps it`s not always abt the money,
u tink wanna take cab sure haf meh?

even call cab also need to wait, and sometimes the bloody hotline can nv get through. imagine relative fly off and u need to go airport, or for students, exams and u`re late. public transport my foot...

L.o.s.t SG

What's ERP?

Everyday Rob Ppl??

Rock^Star SG

PAP supporter a not, what relevance does it bring to this discussion? A non issue, really.

Yes, how true. ERP is meant to curb congestion, not add to its problems.

mancha SG

Its here

Rock^Star SG

Yes ERP does ease congestion but only during certain timings. My previous experience driving on the CTE at 8 - 9 am on some mornings, tells me that ERP or no ERP makes little difference. Traffic speed was at a snail's crawl. And imagine all that revenue still being generated when the congestion could not be alleviated.

Even if the decision to drive through ERP gantries remain the choice of motorists, how does it justify the operation of ERP during evening hours? People actually have to pay to get home? Wasn't ERP meant to smooth business and workplace operations as its primary aim?

Even if one does not drive and take public transport, how does a Singaporean motorist stomach this message down when the govt encourages citizens to take public transport and yet promote the usage of cars through indirect means?

HyuugaNeji SG

actually there are too many cars…on the road these days.

mancha SG

Singapore is being designed for people and cars.

(human) SG

ERP's intention is to make buying car more expensive to help reduce the traffic on road so that fewer people can own car, now Mr Raymond claims that ERP is helping more Singaporeans to own car?! So which is which, isn't he not contradicting? Is this the kind of reasoning a million dollar paid minister can come out with? I believe school children can reason better, Mr Raymond please don't treat all citizens like kids, we are not born yesterday.

If you do not know what to say it is better to shut your mouth and let people think you are stupid than to open your mouth and remove all the doubts.

t_a_s SG

Use green car.

t_a_s SG

Raymond Lim 'chia liao bee', during the forum session in Sin Ming, cant even answer properly, this is million dollar minister, what a let down,

(human) SG

Transport Minister Raymond Lim can match with Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs Ho Peng Kee who are paid million dollars by tax payer's money for the first place in poor reasoning .

You may be well behaving, but there may be other people whom you come across when you cycle who may stop you, may want to debate with you and that may attract a crowd, therefore will result in problems the police want to avoid. -Ho Peng Kee (on banning of opposition's bicycles event)

http://theonlinecitizen.com/2007/08/28/the-slippery-slope-argument-again/#more-454

Lin Yu SG

x2 Laughing LMAO wat a joke

4getmenot SG

i guess both of them ran out of 'templates'... Laughing

Rock^Star SG

Raymond Lim is the Minister for Transport and the Second Minister for Foreign Affairs. He is a Member of Parliament for East Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC).

Mr Lim started work as a law lecturer at the National University of Singapore, before joining the Straits Times as a journalist. He then entered the financial industry where he held various positions. He was the research director for Kim Eng Securities; chief economist for Asia for ABN AMRO Asia Securities; chief executive officer for DBS Securities and managing director for strategic overview of business at Temasek Holdings. Mr Lim was also an active volunteer in community work. He was an advisor to the Juvenile Court and Board member of the Toa Payoh Girls Home; Singapore Broadcasting Authority; Public Utilities Board and the Energy Market Authority.

Mr Lim was first elected to Parliament in 2001. He was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Minister of State for Trade & Industry. In 2003, he was given the additional responsibility of being Minister of State in charge of entrepreneurship. In 2005, he was appointed Minister in the Prime Ministers Office; Second Minister for Finance and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2006, he became Minister for Transport, continuing to serve concurrently as Second Minister for Foreign Affairs. In 2006, he was re-elected to his seat in East Coast GRC.

Mr Lim was educated at Raffles Institution and studied economics at the University of Adelaide on a Colombo Plan scholarship. He subsequently won a Rhodes scholarship to read law at Oxford University, where he obtained a bachelors degree and then at Cambridge where he obtained a masters degree in public international law.

Mr Lim was born in 1959 and is married to an architect and has two children.

http://www.cabinet.gov.sg/CabinetAppointments/Mr+Raymond+LIM+Siang+Keat.htm

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