TRANSPORT Minister Lui Tuck Yew has singled out the quality of
service (QOS) delivered by transport operators as the issue he is
paying most attention to.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, he noted that while train and bus
trips have been increased, more needs to be done.
One thing his ministry is examining is how much to reduce
intervals between trains during off-peak periods, he added.
Currently, trains on the North-South and East-West lines run
every five to six minutes at non-peak hours.
He said that current QOS standards for buses are not stringent
enough, and his ministry and the Land Transport Authority are
studying how to tighten them.
Currently, operators must ensure that at least 80 per cent of
bus services and 90 per cent of feeder services depart from bus
interchanges and terminals no later than every 10 minutes during
weekday peak periods. There are also benchmarks for reliability,
bus loads and safety.
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If he says the service quality needs to improve, then that means
it is not efficient in the first place.
Already privatised for so many years but still inefficient with
jams, irregular services or whatnots with so many commuter
complaints.
The "privatise to be efficient" argument they are telling us is
not working leh.
On a side note, as with most problems, this was caused by the
massive indiscriminate influx of people into the country over the
last few years.
Reducing that number will solve at least partially most of Sg's
social problems. 