Affordability a concern for public transport commuter

dan474 SG

Commuters have expressed concerns about the affordability of public transport, said chairman of the Fare Review Mechanism Committee Richard Magnus.

The committee has held discussions with two groups of commuters including students, homemakers, working adults, union leaders and senior citizens.

Mr Magnus, in a blog post on Monday, said that most commuters felt that public transport fares are generally affordable to the average Singaporean.

However, they raised concerns that fare increases have an uneven impact on different groups of Singaporeans, especially on the low income.

Source: ST.com (http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/affordability-concern-public-transport-commuters-20121126)

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Any thoughts?

nfshp253 SG

I feel that it is way too affordable. Look at our counterparts like Hong Kong; the fares are much more over there. We can’t expect world class standards when we are paying peanuts to the PTOs. Why’s the pay for a bus driver so low? Because companies are unable to earn enough revenue.

Bus Stopping SG

Well considering i often see Jurong West commuters taking 502 to go IMM, i think it is probably too affordable?

carbikebus SG

HK starting bus fare 10.60 you convert to sing dollars how much ah?The buses are much cleaner than ours..

SBS2601D SG

97 bucks for hybrid fare concession targeted at students is crazy for the intended crowd.

carbikebus SG

Aiya from their point of view many kids nowadays can afford iPhone/Galaxy/IPad etc so what's 97 mah

charlize SG

Affordable means it has room to be increased.

carbikebus SG

7 carriage for mrt?

nfshp253 SG

HK starting bus fare 10.60 you convert to sing dollars how much ah?The buses are much cleaner than ours..

10.60HKD is around 1.70SGD. I think it starts from 0.73 here for Townlink services or very short journeys on trunk services. Look at the difference!

carbikebus SG

I notice commuter take buses at least 7-8 bus stops

charlize SG

phillipC SG

Time for another fare hike soon with this annoucement. Bloody hell

carbikebus SG

Standard mah.Singapore always go up up seldom go down

phillipC SG

Instead of milking the srewed up CEO's pay, the minister milks the citizens like u and me, who are helpless and LL.

Remembered the screwed up SPH get $1.85m for the annual salary package which does not include the shares options when she left SMRT.

phillipC SG

SMRT screwed up the bus service, instead of taking away the route from the company, they asked SBST and private operators to help up.

Wander if it will be a difference story is the subject is Woodlands Transport and other small operators with no connection with Temasek, will it be sorry your company has failed to provide essential service to the public and we need to take back the routes to penalise you.?

Medicated Oil SG

The fact of life is that they are going for the easiest solution in the book without doing proper cost analysis and control.

With such simpleton in control, expect more increase in fares with no improvement in the essential service.

Same as 3G, if the coverage is crap, why we are paying for 4G ??

This is what you get when you employed military men with no commercial experience to perform a job that required real business knowledge.

They are still trying to fix a round hole with a square plug by employing more inexperienced military men instead of people with transportation experience.

PJ_Quek SG

If they say affordable, then affordable lor.

charlize SG

hdb is affordable.

coe is affordable.

your cai png is also affordable.