Competition brings a host of other problems with it. The current
status quo seems to be working...albeit only with heavy govt
intervention.
SMRT just needs to work on its bus sector la.
Can you imagine SMRT handling services like 74 with its
completely jam-prone and human flooded route? I guarantee you, sure
die.
Granted, I would usually pick 854 over 25.
Well, i forgot to specify that its generally competition between
rail and buses. A strong alternative to trains with buses will only
do us good, and offload some demand on trains.
I still dont see how smrt can do this without hurting their
shareholders' interests however.
But, if comparing smrt and sbst svcs that goes the same way, i
would take smrt svcs too providing they come at about the same
time. It just "feels" faster w/sl trying to go fast. 
