Petition against any fare hikes

edenboy SG

I would like to suggest that all top people inolved in this decision making process to step down.
They also find the easy way out.
Cost of fuel increase = increase fares
Acquiring new technology = fare increase
Acquiring new buses = fare increase
Increase cost of = fare increase
ERP = fare increase

If all they can think off is to increase fares, then any man on the street can think of this. No need to pay such high salaries for coming up with this.

Suggestion : Fares should NOT be charge in Group stages : 0.63, 0.83 etc...
Should charge up to individual stages : 0.63 0.65 0.67 0.69

This involves tweaking their software. If spending so many millions in Auto flag stage updating and EZ-Link card results in fare increases, we should fire the Transport minister for approving such changes.

Anyone agree??

dragg SG

agree

Mr. Green

sbst275 SG

As for your fare stages, are you trying to make your life difficult? Dun act to be funny...

Accquring new buses is a MANDATORY and not EXPENSES... Unless you are telling me in Malaysia. Because in SG, buses ARE TO BE SCRAPPED aft using for 17 yrs... And currency have become smaller esp vs the Euro, so more S$ is needed to buy buses

Agressor SG

I am surprised that big companies like SBS and SMRT don't practise hedging to offset currency fluctuation. If that is the case, then I agree with eddenboy and dragg that anybody off the street can run the 2 companies. We don't even need a transport minister.

However, on the other hand, a petition never ever works in Singapore. We have more than 30,000 people signing a petition against the Casino but was left sitting in the Istana. No point having another recycle paper for the president.

dragg SG

i feel obliged to give him some support.

Mr. Green

ShutterBug SG

From the Chewing Gum, to Cigarrette Prices, to Casinos, to Transport Fares; you can all gripe & petition all you want.

At the end of the day, we still end up slogging along, come what may.

Quinsy SG

Agree. Get such an expensive programme just to hike fares ar? Very fun issit?

edenboy SG

What make you think it is expensive??????

Does this mean that you do not share the same concern with 80% of the population????

For 80% of the population, we have no choice but to take public transport.

lotus999 SG

Agree.

I suspect with the somewhat "imperfect" the EZ-Link system the bus co could have collected a fair bit of erroneous fares.

robertteh SG

The worst is not uncaring or refusing to accept people's feedbacks or corrections.

It is the fact that despite so many mistakes and problems in their past erroneous policies and decisions, they continue to stubbornly believe that they are the best and refuse to make changes or adjustments upon receiving people's feedbacks or advice. Laughing

shade343 SG

You can try making your views heard in the next General Election Laughing

zaxis SG

actually should ride our buses same as taxi meter, fare stage pack to distance travel, since we have the ezy link(or not link system)
but @ the end of day the bus company drive merry go rouond B4 reach our point B

elindra SG

Chewing Gum: I know ppl from other countries who wished there was a chewing gum ban because ppl deface the walls of national monuments etc

Cigarette Prices: Don't smoke if you don't want to pay. Not like it is good for your health and others.

Casinos: You can never please everyone like above and I'm more pro-casino than anti-casino so I'm not surprised nor unhappy that it went through.

Transport Fares: Now, this I find unfair because though the economy is picking up in certain sectors, it is not throughout the entire countries and it is going to affect alot of people on the lower rung of society, pay-wise. Even for those earning a decent amount, we don't see a need for the raise since their service sucks and I believe their profits should cover for the new trains they are going to replace. Don't really take the bus so I can't really comment but MRT service is sucky and most of the time the air-con is barely working. This is something that will impact the majority of Singaporeans and I don't agree to it, unless the profit is not such an obscene figure.