its kind of logical that we have more people taking public
transport, when our population rise from 4m in 2000 to 5m in
2010.
As for the following,
The highest proportion of people commuting by MRT live
in Sembawang, with 49 per cent saying they took the train. This was
followed by Yishun, Woodlands and Choa Chu Kang.
These districts happens to have a larger portion of lower-middle
class families, as evident by housing price. Bus routes are
reasonable, but travelling takes up too much time as compared to
mrt. e.g. 171 takes close to 2hr to travel from yishun to orchard,
whereas mrt only takes 20mins.
Therefore, mrt is a more logical transport in these estates.
Similarly, the proportion of those taking the bus to
work was highest in Bukit Merah at 31 per cent, followed by Marine
Parade and Bukit Panjang.
For bukit panjang and marine parade, they take bus because they
don't have any mrt in their estate. for bukit merah, the redhill
mrt station is built quite some distance away from its bus
interchange. may be more troublesome to travel to the mrt station
when there might be a direct bus.
For those who drive, they come mostly from Tanglin,
Bukit Timah, Mandai and Newton.
These are the more pricey areas, and residents often live in
private properties, and thus are more likely to own cars. And for
mandai, its also quite ulu, and thus driving might be a more
practical form of transport than buses.
