Not everyone wants to be like squeezed sardines in a tin can.
And sorry by looking at the Japanese rail sysyem, I feel it is
really pathetic that everyone has to be pushed to be squeezed into
the carrige, really no life. And being an inflexible and fixed kind
of transport mode, in situations of overpopulation and power
failure and not to mention unexpected stews of incidents that can
happen anytime to disrupt rail services, rail system is not the
long term solution for all transport problems.
If one thinks that everyone likes to take rail, I think that it
is a very simple minded and naive approach. For people who hate to
take MRT, it is either buses for them else they will rather use
their own transport. I am one of the example. I prefer personal
comfort and flexibility rather than just rush your way without even
know what is life. If one can argue buses are slower, why not take
the own initiaive to plan your route ahead instead??? Plan early
and be early. And being an overpopulated and going to be more
populated nation in future, rail systems is not a solution to
anything. And building one is not cheap and can't be done
everywhere since many parts of the country is made up of soft soil
composites and above ground structures gets heavier and heavier as
the population grows. Operating is not cheap either.
Well, for someone who have not been squeezed like a sardine
in a tin can before, no wonder such people can have build
such kinds of castles in the air.
Just hope that one day one of the MRT tunnel collaspes
because of overpopulated structures above, then we would see what
kind of chaos we have when the public transport system is just
solely relying on one mode.
nice say! 
i myself
oso prefer to have a slow and steady ride instead of squeezing into
trains. and trains really doesn't bring you to anywhere yyou wan.
the benefit is jus fast i think. cos i dun enjoy trains ride cos of
their hard plastic chair.
