Club 30's "Kill the Boredom Demon" Jive Pad, 16th Edition

last SG · 2006-06-11T13:16:12+00:00

tmr afternoon class today can watch 3am match jin song jin song!!

jetta SG

Morning peeps. Rise and shine. Another day, another dollar.

InnoHippo SG

taxi peak hour surcharge up by a dollar Laughing

elindra SG

What!!! Up again?

Sheez

Fatum SG

car prices are lower though .....

maybe it's cheaper to take the plunge and buy a car ... will save in the long run ... Laughing

but seriously, they should just limit the number of cabs around .... the way they are handing out licenses, there seems to be more cabs than any other traffic on the roads nowadays ..... no wonder the taxi uncles cannot earn enough to eat .....

InnoHippo SG

nah ….... it is the rental fees for taxi that cause the trouble …...

elindra SG

Car prices are lower but oil prices are much higher
More ERP gantries now and with so many different times for different places that you just lose count. It's money deducted without you keeping count.
If I'm not wrong, interest rates are higher too

So how can it be cheaper to buy a car? You save on one area but pay much more on the other end

choco B SG

Don’t know if there are actually enough taxis in service but there aren’t enough around when I need them for sure .

elindra SG

Yeah man...everytime I need a cab they are all hiding from me Crying or Very sad

choco B SG

I'm convinced it's a conspiracy ..
It never was this bad... now even on weekdays at 9+ pm already the phone lines are full and you're kept on hold... & it goes without saying, we can forget about hailing one on the street.

elindra SG

I wonder is it because of the huge influx of people taking the train and the longer bus frequencies?

I mean now even if I leave the office at 10pm, the bloody train is like packed like sardines.

It never was so bad before and sometimes to beat the crowd I just call a cab.

av98m SG

I can almost never get a cab when I need one. Even when I call. Mad

av98m SG

the trains are cutting down on frequency year after year, so we're packed like sardines most of the time. the ever increasing foreign population does not help matters. Mad

Fatum SG

that's one reason why I've given up on mega events like christmas or new year's count down in Singapore now .....

it's better to spend it with family at home .....

elindra SG

sbst told me that they are gonna cut down the frequencies even further Evil or Very Mad

Fatum SG

why ? ....

this is "World Class" transportation network ? ......

are they adding extra carriages onto the trains or something ? ....

elindra SG

The only reason I can think of is "cost-cutting"

As everyone knows, this "World Class" transportation network is just a perceived "World Class" transportation network by the "elites" sitting on their thrones.

No they are not adding extra carriages or anything

Fatum SG

cost -cutting ? .... for ? ..... higher profits ? ......

privatization can only work if there's meaningful competition ..... a monopoly like the SMRT doesn't not serve the public's interest by privatizing .....

the masses suffer fare hikes, while the company posts profit ......

elindra SG

Aiya, everyone knows that.
Just that our LTA refuse to acknowledge that
Anyway we will have less public transportation so good luck to those who can't afford cars
The problem with cars is that it is a real pain in the arse trying to get a parking space
If it gets really bad we might have no choice but invest in a vehicle Sad

the Bear SG

so.. the talk is about world crass transportation system..

Laughing

it actually was a damned good system, better than almost all in the world... but they have to achieve "world class" by lowering their standards

the Bear SG

actually, i would make the people who ran the LTA go to work everyday by public transport...

make the ministers live like the common man... and take public transport...

it's a "luxury" the common man would allow them to have Laughing

in other news, check this out => what the UK minister said to the PM

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